Definition for Desperation:

• A giving up of hope; despair; disregard of danger.

Synonyms for Desperation:

• n.

  •
  • anger,
  • rage,
  • fury.
  •depression (noun)
  • woefulness,
  • gloominess,
  • dispiritedness,
  • bleakness,
  • cheerlessness.
  •hopelessness (noun)
  • distress,
  • pessimism,
  • discouragement,
  • trouble,
  • anxiety,
  • distraction,
  • worry,
  • agony,
  • anguish,
  • misery,
  • moroseness,
  • unhappiness,
  • concern,
  • heartlessness,
  • pang,
  • sorrow,
  • gloom,
  • discomfort,
  • dejection,
  • abandonment,
  • desolation,
  • spiritlessness,
  • glumness,
  • torture,
  • heartache,
  • grief,
  • despondency,
  • fear,
  • pain,
  • downheartedness.
  •rashness (noun)
  • carelessness,
  • brazenness,
  • imprudence,
  • heedlessness,
  • thoughtlessness,
  • incautiousness,
  • impetuosity,
  • madness,
  • defiance,
  • injudiciousness,
  • brashness,
  • recklessness,
  • audacity,
  • frenzy,
  • impetuousness,
  • rashness,
  • daringness,
  • hotheadedness,
  • foolhardiness.

• Other synonyms:

  •despondency
  • dumps.
  •misery
  • wretchedness.

Paraphrases for Desperation:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    despair.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    hopelessness, despondency, distress, frustration, desolation, helplessness, anguish, misery.

Antonyms for Desperation:

• n.

  • hopelessness
    cheer, cautiousness, health, delight, relief, joy, ease, peace, comfort, joyfulness, calm, pleasure, advantage, contentment, happiness, peacefulness, security, Collectedness, confidence.
  • Other antonyms:
    exuberance, exhilaration, rapture, exultation, expectancy, courage, lightheartedness, bliss, Elatedness, mirthfulness, blissfulness, cheerfulness, expectation, assurance, joviality, encouragement, elation, hopefulness, ecstasy, hope, euphoria, glee, trust, jubilation, gleefulness, anticipation, merriment, optimism, mirth, gaiety, sunniness, jollity, gladness, joyousness, rapturousness.

Homophones for Desperation:

• dyadic operation, disburden.

Hyponym for Desperation:

• n.

  • attribute
    foolhardiness, recklessness, rashness.