desperation
n. uncountable B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˌdɛspɝˈeɪʃən// UK //dˌɛspəɹˈeɪʃən// des·per·a·tion
n. a strong feeling of needing help or support because you have no other options. You feel desperate when a situation is urgent and difficult.
n. the state of being extremely anxious or hopeless due to a lack of resources or options.
She accepted the job out of desperation.
In desperation, he called his old friend for a loan.
The refugees crossed the border in desperation, leaving behind everything they owned to seek safety.
From Middle English desperacion, desperacioun, desperation, disparacion, disperacion, disperacioun, dispiracioune, dysperacioun, from Middle French desperation and its etymon Latin dēspērātiō, dēspērātiōnis. By surface analysis, desperate + -ion.