Word Meanings - DESPERATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope. This desperation of success chills all our industry. Hammond. 2. A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury. In

Additional info about word: DESPERATION

1. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope. This desperation of success chills all our industry. Hammond. 2. A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury. In the desperation of the moment, the officers even tried to cut their way through with their swords. W. Irving.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DESPERATION)

• Despair
• Hopelessness
• despondency
• desperation

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DESPERATION)

• Hope
• trust
• confide
• rely
• presume
• rally

Related words: (words related to DESPERATION)

• CONFIDER
  One who confides.
• CONFIDENCE
  1. The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in. Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence of one another's integrity. South. A cheerful confidence in
• TRUSTEE
  A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects
• TRUSTY
  1. Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable. Your trusty and most valiant servitor. Shak. 2. Hence, not liable to fail; strong; firm. His trusty sword he called to his
• TRUST COMPANY
  Any corporation formed for the purpose of acting as trustee. Such companies usually do more or less of a banking business.
• DESPAIRING
  Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless. -- De*spair"ing*ly, adv. -- De*spair"ing*ness, n.
• CONFIDENT
  See DRYDEN
• DESPERATION
  1. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope. This desperation of success chills all our industry. Hammond. 2. A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury. In
• TRUSTLESS
  That may not be trusted; not worthy of trust; unfaithful. -- Trust"less*ness, n.
• PRESUMEDLY
  By presumption.
• DESPONDENCY
  The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind. The unhappy prince seemed, during some days, to be sunk in despondency. Macaulay.
• RALLY
  To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
• TRUSTING
  Having or exercising trust; confiding; unsuspecting; trustful. -- Trust"ing*ly, adv.
• CONFIDENTIAL
  1. Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk. 2. Communicated in confidence; secret. "Confidential messages." Burke. Confidential communication See Privileged communication,
• DESPAIR
  To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of. We despaired even of life. 2 Cor. i. 8. Never despair of God's blessings here. Wake. Syn. -- See Despond. (more info) desperare; de- + sperare to hope; akin
• DESPAIRFUL
  Hopeless. Spenser.
• DESPAIRER
  One who despairs.
• PRESUME
  1. To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained. Dare he presume to scorn us in this manner Shak. Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. Milton. 2. To take or suppose to be true,
• CONFIDENTNESS
  The quality of being confident.
• TRUSTER
  One who makes a trust; -- the correlative of trustee. (more info) 1. One who trusts, or credits.
• SELF-TRUST
  Faith in one's self; self-reliance.
• SUTURALLY
  In a sutural manner.
• CENTRALLY
  In a central manner or situation.
• PASTORALLY
  1. In a pastoral or rural manner. 2. In the manner of a pastor.
• MISTRUSTLESS
  Having no mistrust or suspicion. The swain mistrustless of his smutted face. Goldsmith.
• DISTRUSTLESS
  Free from distrust. Shenstone.
• ORALLY
  1. In an oral manner. Tillotson. 2. By, with, or in, the mouth; as, to receive the sacrament orally. Usher.
• SELF-CONFIDENT
  Confident of one's own strength or powers; relying on one's judgment or ability; self-reliant. -- Self`-con"fi*dent*ly, adv.
• LATERALLY
  By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side.
• LITERALLY
  1. According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh. 2. With close adherence to words; word by word. So wild and ungovernable a poet can not be translated literally.
• SELF-CONFIDENCE
  The quality or state of being self-confident; self-reliance. A feeling of self-confidence which supported and sustained him. Beaconsfield.