gadolinite
EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionarying' aria-level='2'>First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1EnglishMerriam-Webster DictionaryHistory and Etymology
Middle English disperacioun, desperacioun, borrowed from Anglo-French desperaciun, borrowed from Latin dēspērātiōn-, dēspērātiō, from dēspērāre "to give up as hopeless, despair of" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at despair entry 2desperation
noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
- utter loss of hope //during the famine her desperation drove her to do things she wouldn't have normally consideredRelated Words14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and EtymologyMiddle English disperacioun, desperacioun, borrowed from Anglo-French desperaciun, borrowed from Latin dēspērātiōn-, dēspērātiō, from dēspērāre "to give up as hopeless, despair of" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at despair entry 2
desperation
noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
- utter loss of hope //during the famine her desperation drove her to do things she wouldn't have normally consideredRelated Words
gadolinite — MW · Shobdo