desperation
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Synonyms & Antonyms for desperation
Synonyms
despair, despond, despondence, despondency, forlornness, hopelessness
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Extraordinary acts, Sparks tell us, come not from heroism but from desperation. — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, "An amazing military career in elite forces brought to life by the warrior who lived it," 24 Aug. 2019 Social conditions are manifest in documentary-type shots, filmed in 16 millimeter, of poverty and desperation. — J. Hoberman, New York Times, "‘The Harder They Come’: A Pop Classic That Has Hardly Faded," 22 Aug. 2019 Beshear dismissed Trump's visit as a sign of desperation on Bevin's part. — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, "Beshear: Trump's visit for Bevin 'shows you this governor needs help.'," 21 Aug. 2019 Get our daily newsletter Mr Subay’s works convey this desperation. — C.a.r., The Economist, "The street artist capturing the impact of the war in Yemen," 19 Aug. 2019 After two years of trimming money from his 401(k) and drawing on public welfare, desperation drove Rosado to a job managing a group home, but the West Hartford man was laid off again last spring. — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, "James Rosado was laid off from his insurance job. Now he stands to earn a six-figure salary working in manufacturing.," 18 Aug. 2019 Its heroine is actually an architect, one who has set aside those ambitions when she's introduced, living a life of quiet desperation in Seattle, where her husband (Billy Crudup) works for Microsoft. — Brian Lowry, CNN, "'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' runs on Cate Blanchett's star power," 15 Aug. 2019 Each edition follows a patient with a mysterious ailment from desperation to, yes, diagnosis, like a whodunit where the culprit lurks somewhere beneath the skin of a victim who can almost always be saved. — Judy Berman, Time, "The Doctor Who Inspired House Navigates the Health Care Crisis in Netflix Docuseries Diagnosis," 15 Aug. 2019 The show’s change in location from Los Angeles to Vegas could have heralded new creative energy for GLOW, transplanted into a city of windowless casino floors, bottomless well-liquor pours, and contagious desperation. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, "GLOW Goes Post-plot," 8 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'desperation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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