Desperation
Crossword Clue and Answers
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Crossword Answers
5 letters
GLOOM
A feeling of melancholy apprehension
SLOTH
Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)
NOWAY
6 letters
SORROW
Something that causes great unhappiness; "her death was a great grief to John"
NOEXIT
MISERY
A feeling of intense unhappiness; "she was exhausted by her misery and grief"
APATHY
An absence of emotion or enthusiasm
ACEDIA
Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)
7 letters
ANXIETY
A vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
ANGUISH
Extreme mental distress
DESPAIR
A state in which all hope is lost or absent; "in the depths of despair"; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"; "courage born of desperation"
8 letters
RASHNESS
The trait of giving little thought to danger
NOWAYOUT
DISTRESS
The seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"
9 letters
PESSIMISM
A general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things
DEJECTION
A state of melancholy depression
DEFEATISM
Acceptance of the inevitability of defeat
10 letters
MELANCHOLY
A humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
IMPRUDENCE
A lack of caution in practical affairs
DEPRESSION
Pushing down; "depression of the space bar on the typewriter"
11 letters
PROSTRATION
The act of assuming a prostrate position
IMPETUOSITY
Rash impulsiveness
FORLORNNESS
Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
DESPONDENCY
Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
DESPERATION
Desperate recklessness; "it was a policy of desperation"
ANXIOUSNESS
A feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments
12 letters
HOPELESSNESS
The despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success
RECKLESSNESS
The trait of giving little thought to danger
WRETCHEDNESS
The quality of being poor and inferior and sorry; "he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness"
HEEDLESSNESS
The trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
13 letters
FOOLHARDINESS
The trait of giving little thought to danger
DESPERATENESS
CAVEOFDESPAIR
14 letters
DISCOURAGEMENT
The expression of opposition and disapproval
16 letters
CAVEOFTROPHONIUS
DISCONSOLATENESS
Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless