desperation

desperation is a 11-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
2. noun. A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.
3. noun. desperate recklessness

   "it was a policy of desperation"

4. noun. a state in which all hope is lost or absent

   "in the depths of despair"

   "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"

   Synonyms: despair

Synonyms

despair

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in desperation:

esperantido

Common word forms

desperations

Words from these letters

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