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desperation
(mass) | desperation
- zúfalstvo |
desperation
(encz) | desperation,zoufalství n: Zdeněk Brož |
Desperation
(gcide) | Desperation \Des`per*a"tion\, n. [L. desperatio: cf. OF.
desperation.]
1. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up
of hope.
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This desperation of success chills all our industry.
--Hammond.
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2. A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of
hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.
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In the desperation of the moment, the officers even
tried to cut their way through with their swords.
--W. Irving.
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desperation
(wn) | desperation
n 1: a state in which all hope is lost or absent; "in the depths
of despair"; "they were rescued from despair at the last
minute"; "courage born of desperation" [syn: despair,
desperation]
2: desperate recklessness; "it was a policy of desperation" |
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Desperation
(gcide) | Desperation \Des`per*a"tion\, n. [L. desperatio: cf. OF.
desperation.]
1. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up
of hope.
[1913 Webster]
This desperation of success chills all our industry.
--Hammond.
[1913 Webster]
2. A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of
hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.
[1913 Webster]
In the desperation of the moment, the officers even
tried to cut their way through with their swords.
--W. Irving.
[1913 Webster] |
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