feeling of desperation
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffeelinganddesperation
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feeling
noun
uk/ˈfiː.lɪŋ/us/ˈfiː.lɪŋ/
the fact of feeling ...
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desperation
noun[U]
uk/ˌdes.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌdes.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/
the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to take risks in order to ...
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(Definition offeelinganddesperationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Does he not understand that his futile and complacent answers will add to thatfeelingofdesperation?
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There is afeelingofdesperationbecause we want to give service to the people, but starvation of money eventually weakens one's resolve.
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I well remember thefeelingofdesperationon the part of managements that there would be this resistance.
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Such people also have afeelingofdesperationbecause they feel that they cannot do anything to improve their situation themselves.
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How can any person with wealth like that appreciate, understand or comprehend the degradation and overwhelmingfeelingofdesperationthat is experienced by those who are out of work?
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Research shows that there is a greater incidence of crime in the poorer inner city areas, and that is where there is the greatestfeelingofdesperation.
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Insecurity was followed by anxiety and feelings of desperation.
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Adan said that she wanted the song's narrator to have afeelingofdesperationby realizing after the fact what he should have done to keep his lover from leaving.
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We should remember that the boat people set out on their uncertain voyage with chances of survival that were not great and with twin feelings of desperation and hope.
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This junkyard sequence climax evokes feelings of desperation, danger, suspense and real world peril.
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It is influenced by feelings of desperation and is lyrically about somebody who has lost somebody and is looking onto their relationship with somebody else.
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