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Synonyms for desperation
noun
Hopelessness
despair, distress, despondency, depression, discomfort, dejection, distraction, desolation, disconsolateness, anxiety, dread, panic, anguish, agony, melancholy, grief, worry, trouble, pain, torture, pang, heartache, concern, misery, urgency, gravity, desperateness, exigency; see also fear 2, gloom 2, necessity 3.Antonyms
hope*, hopefulness, confidence. Rashness
frenzy, recklessness, foolhardiness; see carelessness.
See desperation in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
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