Feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with.
de+sper+ate
Shared component: sper · hope
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sper
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Related forms: sper · 2 words in this dictionary
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Shared components, not spelling prefixesa state of despair, typically one that results in rash or extreme behaviour.
de+sper+ation
Shared component: sper · hope