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What is another word for
desperation
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▲
A state of despair, typically one which results in rash or extreme behavior
Desperate recklessness or rashness
Furiousness or energy
The state of being important and requiring swift action
A situation of great desperation or misfortune
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Noun
▲
A state of despair, typically one which results in rash or extreme behavior
despair
despondency
misery
unhappiness
depression
desolation
melancholy
dejection
sorrow
gloom
despondence
grief
distress
wretchedness
disconsolateness
anguish
forlornness
hopelessness
despond
heartache
discouragement
agony
pain
pessimism
disheartenment
defeatism
torment
worry
anxiety
torture
resignedness
discomfort
trouble
distraction
concern
fear
harassment
pang
sadness
dispiritedness
sorrowfulness
gloominess
mournfulness
heartsickness
blues
mopes
dolefulness
joylessness
miserableness
downheartedness
glumness
doldrums
dreariness
oppression
dumps
woe
cheerlessness
dolor
blue devils
melancholia
disappointment
heartbreak
funk
low spirits
moodiness
desperateness
bitterness
vexation
malaise
upset
bleakness
mourning
moroseness
heavy heart
angst
suffering
trauma
blahs
tribulation
dismay
blue funk
the blues
demoralization
US
affliction
rue
infelicity
regret
dolour
grieving
demoralisation
UK
listlessness
disconsolation
pensiveness
broken heart
woefulness
dismals
the hump
heavy-heartedness
disquiet
trial
grievance
lamentation
ordeal
shock
bereavement
travail
straits
lamenting
bewailing
bemoaning
dashed hopes
dissatisfaction
chagrin
emotional suffering
mental suffering
tearfulness
dejectedness
letdown
poignancy
dysphoria
dismalness
dullness
anhedonia
mortification
lowness
ennui
abasement
abjection
heavyheartedness
abjectness
the dumps
heaviness of heart
discord
loneliness
agitation
unrest
disquietude
stress
resignation
worriment
irritation
turmoil
strife
discontent
cross
embarrassment
strain
tumult
discontentment
downcastness
uneasiness
displeasure
painfulness
excruciation
burden
hardship
a low
broken-heartedness
hurt
tragedy
boredom
dolefuls
downer
tedium
megrim
wistfulness
down trip
sullenness
misgiving
somberness
catatonia
foreboding
weariness
saturninity
dysthymia
mopery
morbidity
mope
dourness
heaviness
sulks
megrims
low
horror
mulligrubs
mubblefubbles
qualm
bummer
hump
vapors
US
vapours
UK
lugubriosity
troubles
clinical depression
postnatal depression
endogenous depression
slough of despond
one's black dog
reactive depression
low-spiritedness
the dismals
being bummed
blue Johnnies
the mopes
martyrdom
rack
misfortune
adversity
calamity
sorriness
ache
headache
difficulty
problem
injury
disaster
nightmare
catastrophe
curse
hell
blow
bother
hassle
harm
pressure
misadventure
Gehenna
load
hurting
throe
purgatory
care
mishap
remorse
murder
bane
lament
hell on earth
passion
nuisance
cross to bear
tension
damage
albatross
dole
twinge
wrench
ills
devastation
cataclysm
scourge
vicissitude
reverse
plague
drag
upheaval
struggle
mischance
ill
restlessness
chore
task
annoyance
failure
down
loss
destruction
detriment
disease
pangs
mischief
disturbance
bad luck
disorder
unease
ruin
cruelty
evil
traumatization
deploring
tenseness
condition
pathos
perturbation
strait
perplexity
disability
setback
accident
dread
trepidation
onus
blight
nervousness
responsibility
charge
visitation
pest
hard time
persecution
knock
debacle
millstone
intensity
apprehensiveness
infliction
aching
gauntlet
stroke of bad luck
trials and tribulations
labor
US
labour
UK
job
weeping
thorn in the flesh
sad event
pain in the rear
pain in the backside
difficult task
pain in the neck
pain in the bum
wrong
bale
jolt
calvary
crux
plight
dark night of the soul
stew
unconsolability
sting
unpleasantness
shame
scar
terror
wound
bad time
malice
sense of loss
bathos
confusion
derangement
outburst
collapse
punishment
living hell
crucible
repentance
pining
scruple
repining
sordidness
destitution
aching heart
agony of mind
bleeding heart
paroxysm
pains
cumber
bad news
heartbrokenness
ill luck
throes
extreme upset
reverse of fortune
gantlet
fire
retribution
pestilence
impairment
fiasco
brutality
act of cruelty
bitter pill
sweat
nervosity
anxiousness
apprehension
concernment
agita
vengeance
penalty
evildoing
burdens
apocalypse
wounding
disablement
disfigurement
incapacity
infirmity
comedown
drama
encumbrance
demand
illness
sickness
crucifixion
whammy
unluckiness
ailment
irritant
weakness
dud
wreck
contretemps
humiliation
waterloo
lot
doom
malady
soreness
nervous tension
overextension
distention
heat
mistrust
flutter
urgency
alarm
fearfulness
debility
indisposition
serious accident
hard knocks
bad fortune
grievous blow
intrusion
provocation
nag
nagging
ill fortune
feebleness
toil
expectancy
impatience
sprain
killer
beast
bear
bad experience
decrepitude
encroachment
deadweight
grindstone
grind
tax
daily grind
thorn in your side
unhealthiness
enervation
sickliness
performance
piteousness
languor
twist
lassitude
obtrusion
constraint
restraint
imposure
hard work
hard row to hoe
hard mountain to climb
tenderness
pitifulness
feeling
sentiment
emotion
imposition
infirmness
evocativeness
emotionalism
plaintiveness
execution
self-sacrifice
martyrization
devotion
sacrifice
death
ailments
Weltschmerz
weltschmerz
rick
crick
pull
expressiveness
sentimentality
nostalgia
jerk
stretch
bruise
constriction
undertaking
work
obligation
inconvenience
mission
duty
assignment
challenge
calling
test
function
effort
exercise
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“The tragedy was due to his
desperation
over the inability to find work and the lack of economic means to bear the expenses of his household.”
Noun
▲
Desperate recklessness or rashness
recklessness
foolhardiness
impetuosity
rashness
frenzy
madness
riskiness
audacity
boldness
heedlessness
imprudence
injudiciousness
wildness
carelessness
“Plutarch described how Sertorius convinced them to fight with perseverance rather than rash
desperation
.”
Noun
▲
Furiousness or energy
furiousness
energy
ferocity
passion
vehemence
vigor
US
vigour
UK
violence
Noun
▲
The state of being important and requiring swift action
urgency
seriousness
gravity
importance
weight
momentousness
weightiness
exigency
necessity
extremity
hurry
criticality
imperativeness
cruciality
need
pressure
stress
top priority
crisis
emergency
force of circumstance
pressure of circumstance
force majeure
significance
consequence
graveness
moment
severity
acuteness
magnitude
concern
solemnity
import
perilousness
substance
criticalness
note
value
noteworthiness
sobriety
merit
hazardousness
interest
relevance
danger
enormity
solemnness
staidness
impact
prominence
distinction
signification
influence
account
exigence
earnestness
soberness
earnest
sedateness
dangerousness
matter
profundity
severeness
worth
direness
serious-mindedness
standing
depth
intentness
meaning
notability
esteem
grievousness
eminence
egregiousness
awfulness
hazard
precariousness
consideration
rank
status
repute
bearing
heaviness
preponderancy
preponderance
paramountcy
implication
priority
applicability
salience
materiality
usefulness
profoundness
suddenness
immensity
intensity
benefit
humorlessness
advantage
valuation
mark
honour
UK
honor
US
application
requirement
demand
stake
essential
requisite
want
renown
fame
constraint
celebrity
glory
illustriousness
reputation
preeminence
needfulness
wont
pressingness
dignity
essence
prestige
nobility
majesty
luster
US
lustre
UK
worthiness
grandeur
extent
thrust
position
loftiness
nobleness
magnanimity
stateliness
heroism
greatness
high standing
pre-eminence
weightfulness
more ❯
Noun
▲
A situation of great desperation or misfortune
skid row
misfortune
trouble
disaster
calamity
catastrophe
setback
tragedy
difficulty
trial
blow
misadventure
misery
woe
debacle
cataclysm
whammy
crunch
infelicity
bad luck
ill luck
stroke of bad luck
tough luck
affliction
adversity
tribulation
hardship
mishap
problem
burden
reverse
accident
failure
sorrow
mischance
bummer
worry
disappointment
issue
harm
nuisance
contretemps
knock
inconvenience
cross
loss
anxiety
evil chance
bad news
annoyance
visitation
bad break
reverse of fortune
rotten luck
bad trot
casualty
disadvantage
mishappening
ill
unluck
unpleasantness
dole
evil fortune
discomfort
hard luck
distress
pain
grief
torment
hassle
suffering
upset
ordeal
curse
drag
ill fortune
travail
trauma
reversal
ruin
crisis
scourge
blight
hurt
vicissitude
cross to bear
torture
hard times
mess
hitch
headache
wretchedness
ruination
vexation
downfall
bane
fiasco
shock
albatross
agony
evil
dire straits
complication
predicament
plague
plight
unluckiness
car crash
hot water
stress
defeat
dilemma
anguish
injury
downer
emergency
collapse
pickle
crash
apocalypse
exigency
grievance
snag
travails
blunder
destruction
straits
quandary
hindrance
letdown
raw deal
load
frustration
pest
lapse
upheaval
bother
tough break
scrape
jam
bitter pill
hell
destitution
wreck
heartache
persecution
rigor
US
heartbreak
sadness
strain
undoing
reversal of fortune
hazard
rigour
UK
detriment
check
dud
doom
bust
meltdown
damage
struggle
devastation
hard time
mistake
bale
waterloo
bomb
irritation
nemesis
holocaust
obstacle
flop
unhappiness
rout
failing
comedown
deep water
breakdown
discouragement
hell on earth
encumbrance
millstone
havoc
strait
horror
quagmire
fizzle
extremity
clunker
perplexity
miss
the worst
pinch
fail
turkey
haplessness
shipwreck
clinker
let-down
cancer
body blow
infliction
crucible
canker
hard knocks
trials and tribulations
privation
curtains
menace
unfortunate incident
kick in the teeth
excruciation
rack
oppression
drawback
mishanter
need
sticky situation
rotten break
spot of bother
obstruction
glitch
shame
concern
slip
disturbance
mischief
lemon
holy mess
unholy mess
buffet
nightmare
pity
dolor
weight
impediment
non-success
perdition
bad experience
asperity
hardness
punishment
liability
impasse
botch
cumber
mire
ill-fortune
conundrum
hold-up
hash
shambles
bind
can of worms
muddle
depression
stew
drama
faux pas
bad deal
thorn in the flesh
uphill battle
farce
unfortunateness
frost
washout
snafu
one in the eye
jinx
foul-up
rotten hand
weakness
heavy blow
knock-back
stroke of ill luck
untowardness
screw-up
balls-up
hang-up
stumbling block
awkward situation
problematic situation
sad state
critical situation
unfortunate situation
tricky situation
tight situation
difficult situation
poverty
pestilence
gauntlet
tumult
disquiet
hurdle
jolt
want
fire
austerity
downside
penury
deprivation
unfortunate occurrence
error
gantlet
bad thing
bath
ills
poison
nakba
beggary
disbenefit
commotion
abyss
catch-22
botheration
indigence
handicap
agitation
lack
desolation
crime
smashup
clutch
crux
sin
smash
cruelty
delay
miscalculation
worriment
hiccup
tinderbox
act of God
painfulness
labor
US
labour
UK
danger
down
harsh conditions
tension
loser
holdup
hurting
disgrace
abortion
turmoil
double trouble
dolour
crack-up
drain
knot
fall
weak point
Achilles heel
weak spot
double whammy
rainy day
harassment
hole
lack of success
blue ruin
fix
challenge
imbroglio
severe test
trying time
misstep
entanglement
bungle
urgency
embarrassment
sad event
thorn in your side
miscarriage
ill-luck
bad fortune
crying shame
pressure
nonsuccess
nonperformance
implosion
unfortunate thing
false step
big trouble
cause for regret
pain in the rear
piece of bad luck
tight spot
damp squib
lead balloon
nonachievement
sorry condition
cause for disappointment
cropper
bit of trouble
sad thing
thorn in one's side
tight corner
pain in the backside
fly in the ointment
evil eye
pain in the neck
source of regret
no-win situation
pain in the bum
kiss of death
dead loss
train wreck
hard cheese
sad situation
to-do
dreadful thing
awful thing
terrible thing
disease
difficulties
jar
sordidness
boo-boo
ill-treatment
befalling
impoverishment
cost
flounder
Gehenna
murder
malice
condition
tragic event
ill chance
bad trip
case
malaise
throe
unpredictable outcome
uphill
test
mischanter
angst
irritant
quicksand
awkward moment
ticklish spot
total
pileup
heat
humiliation
lot
anticlimax
minus
short end of the stick
matter
soreness
martyrdom
barrier
collision
brutality
act of cruelty
devastating blow
dismay
demands
shortcoming
stormy seas
provocation
nag
nagging
holdback
stroke
spectacle
terror
passion
mourning
bereavement
misfiring
foundering
calvary
flood
aggravation
crimp
trammel
inefficacy
disruption
impairment
crucifixion
evildoing
stack-up
fender-bender
wrack-up
repulse
discomfiture
negative
incident
fuss
penalty
turnabout
vanquishment
conquering
death
lousy deal
the shaft
unfair assessment
rotten deal
bad charge
bad rap
frame-up
bum deal
block
cramp
bafflement
rear-ender
despair
business
circumstance
occasion
adventure
row
scene
melodrama
affair
neediness
misfire
debit
strike
incommodity
difficult going
hard going
impecuniousness
impecuniosity
thrill
fracas
sensation
excitement
bombshell
surprise
juncture
bĂȘte noire
coming to nothing
non-fulfilment
fizzling out
breaking down
rejection
falling through
pressure cooker
demandingness
grievous blow
trials
crossroads
badness
incapacitation
bĂȘte noir
care
head
wronging
fatal attraction
skids
conjuncture
toil
peril
drudgery
thunderbolt
fell stroke
exertion
Dunkirk
shit show
rough situation
hell in a handbasket
serious accident
onus
fatigue
spanner in the works
monkey wrench
tear-jerker
chaos
disarray
disorder
barricade
sweat
deadlock
non-starter
disgruntlement
non-achiever
no-hoper
baggage
underbelly
pass
bankruptcy
obligation
duty
devil's own luck
confusion
millstone round one's neck
disaster area
yoke
hard knock
messiness
puzzle
monstrosity
situation
disorderliness
rebuff
total loss
stalemate
dead duck
flash in the pan
sinking ship
big zero
vain attempt
zero
regression
slowdown
backset
regress
foil
bottom
serious problem
vicious circle
hot potato
big problem
worst-case scenario
rabbit hole
a stew
a jam
a scrape
a spot
a hole
a fix
dead end
a pickle
tough situation
responsibility
charge
dead weight
blame
shackle
deadweight
task
unwanted responsibility
accountability
chain
financial distress
humble beginnings
Herculean task
rude awakening
source of distress
spot
pushing poop uphill
up poop creak without a paddle
question
catch
dispute
flip-flop
unfortunate development
about-face
soft underbelly
rough seas
bad day
boiling point
ball and chain
mental weight
habit
count
squeeze
bugbear
doubt
disagreement
breaking point
bolt from the blue
bolt out of the blue
drawing board
whole new ballgame
zero hour
hoodoo
flash point
crunch time
extreme suffering
negative aspect
point at issue
disputed point
bum rap
voodoo
hex
fatal flaw
box
teething trouble
spell
malediction
way of the world
disintegration
malison
cess
defeasance
dissolution
massacree
way the cookie crumbles
way things go
times we live in
school of hard knocks
chance
human condition
karma
kismet
way of it
destiny
life
hand one is dealt
usual state of affairs
luck
enchantment
Indian sign
gremlin
charm
bugaboo
black magic
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