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Definition: Desperation |
DesperationNoun1. A state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute". 2. Desperate recklessness; "it was a policy of desperation". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "desperation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Etymology: Desperation \Des`per*a"tion\, noun. [Latin expression desperatio: compare to Old French expression desperation.]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Desperation is the title of a horror novel by Stephen King.
"Desperation" is the story of several people travelling through Nevada who all get arrested for some reason or another by the deputy of a township called Desperation, NV. To avoid spoilers, let's say the deputy isn't quite what you expect from such a fellow, making for a good antagonist. The battle fought between one of the travellers (a young boy called David Carver) and this deputy (Collie Entragian) is facinating becausing of a rather active role in this played by God himself. King makes some rather philosophical sidesteps in "Desperation" making it one of his better novels, though it is not half as well known as - for example - It or The Tommyknockers.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Desperation."
Synonym: DesperationSynonym: despair (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Excitability | Violence; fierceness; Adjective: rage, fury, furor, furore, desperation, madness, distraction, raving, delirium; phrensy, frenzy, hysterics; intoxication; tearing passion, raging passion; anger. |
Hopelessness | Noun: hopelessness; Adjective: despair, desperation; despondency, depression; (dejection); pessimism, pessimist; Job's comforter; bird of bad omen, bird of ill omen. |
Rashness | Foolhardihood, foolhardiness; heedlessness, thoughtlessness; (inattention); carelessness; (neglect); desperation; Quixotism, knight-errantry; fire eating. |
Resentment | Burst, explosion, paroxysm, storm, rage, fury, desperation; violence; fire and fury; vials of wrath; gnashing of teeth, hot blood, high words. |
Resolution | Noun: determination, will; iron will, unconquerable will; will of one's own, decision, resolution; backbone; clear grit, true grit, grit; sand, strength of mind, strength of will; resolve; (intent); firmness; (stability); energy, manliness, vigor; game, pluck; resoluteness; (courage); zeal; aplomb; desperation; devotion, devotedness. |
Violence | Adverb: violently; Adjective: amain; by storm, by force, by main force; with might and main; tooth and nail, vi et armis, at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet; at one fell swoop; with a high hand, through thick and thin; in desperation, with a vengeance; a outrance, a toute outrance; headlong, head foremost. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Desperation |
| English words defined with "desperation": despairingly, desperate, Desperateness, despondently ♦ frightened ♦ heroic ♦ panicked, panicky, panic-stricken, panic-struck ♦ terrified. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "desperation": Marriage ♦ Phocensian Despair. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Desperation" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Swedish (desperation). |
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Screenplays | Wouldn't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive (Broadcast News; writing credit: James L. Brooks.) You have a kind of sick desperation in your laugh (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) Most men lead lives of quiet desperation. I can't take quiet desperation (The Lost Weekend; writing credit: Charles Brackett) And from this, this desperation, we look for a champion in red, white, and blue (Seven Days in May; writing credit: Fletcher Knebel; Charles W. Bailey II) | |
Lyrics | Remember the desperation in my heart (Above The Clouds; performing artist: Amber) Then one night in desperation (In the Ghetto; performing artist: Elvis Presley) Carried me through desperation (Vision of Love; performing artist: Mariah Carey) Smell the desperation (Overkill; performing artist: Men At Work) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Desperation (1922) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | The face of desperation. / UN/WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by R. Witlin.. |  | The daughters of desperation. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Disraeli | Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius. |
Henry David Thoreau | The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. |
| Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Jean Valjean, in desperation, clasped her to his breast wildly |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. |
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Economic History | Albania | However, given the desperation of many Albanians for work and the weakness of government institutions, compliance cannot be assured. (references) |
Uzbekistan | This GOU declaration of lack of confidence in the soum indicated desperation for hard currency, and cast severe doubt on the Government's intention to fulfill the President's pledge. (references) | |
Political Economy | Kuwait | Dozens of domestic servants reportedly committed or attempted to commit suicide during the year because of desperation over poor working conditions. (references) |
Women | Kuwait | There were also dozens of reports of domestic workers committing or attempting to commit suicide because of desperation over poor working conditions. (references) |
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Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Across all continents, nearly a billion people seek, sometimes almost in desperation, for the skills and knowledge and assistance by which they may satisfy from their own resources, the material wants common to all mankind. |
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| "Desperation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Desperation" is used about 569 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 569 | 11,073 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "desperation": drive smb. to desperation ♦ drive to desperation ♦ in desperation. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "desperation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | dëshpërim (despair, despond, despondency, heartache, melancholy, pain), paarsyeshmëri, kokëkrisje (audacity, foolhardiness). (various references) | |
Arabic | يأس بؤدى إلى التهور, يأس (despair). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ярост (Bate, frenzy, fury, ire, madness, paddywhack, passion, rabidity, rage, rave, tear, violence, wax), отчаяние (despair), безразсъдност (foolishness, irrationality), безнадеждност (hopelessness). (various references) | |
Chinese | 絕望 (forlorn, hopeless), 决望. (various references) | |
Czech | zoufalství (despair). (various references) | |
Finnish | epätoivo (despair, despondency). (various references) | |
French | désespoir (despair), affliction. (various references) | |
German | Verzweiflung (despair, distress, exasperation), Verzweifelung (despair, forlornness). (various references) | |
Greek | απόγνωση (desolation, despair), απελπισία (consternation, despair, distress, hopelessness). (various references) | |
Hebrew | יאוש (dejection, despair, despondency). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kétségbeesés (despair, hopelessness, loss of hope, slough), elszántság (audaciousness, audacity, hardihood, intrepidity, resolve). (various references) | |
Indonesian | keputus-asaan (discouragement). (various references) | |
Italian | disperazione (desolation, despair, desperateness). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 躍起 (eagerness), 自暴自棄 (despair, self-abandonment), 自暴 (abandonment, despair), 自棄糞 , 自棄 (abandonment, despair), 窮余 (extremity), 焼糞 , 捨鉢 , 捨て鉢 , 必至 (frantic, inevitable death, inevitable result), 必死 (frantic, inevitable death, inevitable result). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すてばち, きゅうよ (allowance, extremity, grant, supply), ひっし (brush and paper, description, frantic, inevitable death, inevitable result), やっき (eagerness), やけくそ, やけ (abandonment, despair), じぼうじき (despair, self-abandonment), じぼう (abandonment, despair), じき (abandonment, at once, being straight, chance, cheerfulness, china, correctness, despair, direct, frankness, honesty, in person, just, magnetism, near by, next period, next term, night duty, opportunity, period, porcelain, season, seasons, self-recording, simplicity, soon, time, writing oneself). (various references) | |
Korean | 자포자기. (various references) | |
Manx | debejaght. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | esperationday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | desespero (despair, hopelessness), desesperança. (various references) | |
Romanian | deznãdejde (despair, despondency), desperare (agony, despair, despondency, hopelessness), inconştienţã (recklessness, unconsciousness). (various references) | |
Russian | отчаяние (despair, despond, despondency), безумие (distraction, insanity, lunacy, madness, unreason), безрассудство (blindness, daredevilry, dare-devilry, daredeviltry, derring-do, foolhardiness, foolishness, recklessness, temerity). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | očajanje (despair, hopelessness), beznadežnost (despair, hopelessness). (various references) | |
Spanish | desesperación (despair, hopelessness). (various references) | |
Swedish | desperation, förtvivlan (despair, despondency). (various references) | |
Turkish | umutsuzluk (bleakness, despair, despond, despondancy, dismay, hopelessness, self-despair, Slough), her şeyi göze alma. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | розпач (despair), безумство (madness), безросудність. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự liều lĩnh tuyệt vọng sự tuyệt vọng. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | desperatio. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "desperation": desperations. (additional references) | |
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"Desperation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: desegration, desertation, desparation, desperantium, despiration, Disparition, esperation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "desperation" (pronounced de'sperā"shun) |
| 8 | -e' s p er ā" sh u n | respiration. |
| 7 | -s p er ā" sh u n | aspiration, exasperation, expiration, inspiration, perspiration. |
| 6 | -p er ā" sh u n | cooperation, corporation, evaporation, incorporation, operation, preparation, recuperation, reincorporation, reparation, separation. |
| 5 | -er ā" sh u n | federation, figuration, acceleration, aberration, admiration, adoration, agglomeration, alteration, amelioration, cogeneration, collaboration, coloration, commemoration, confederation, configuration, conglomeration, consideration, corroboration, deceleration, declaration, decoration, degeneration, deliberation, discoloration, elaboration, enumeration, exaggeration, exhilaration, exoneration, exploration, generation, inauguration, incarceration, laceration, liberation, maturation, moderation, nonproliferation, perforation, proliferation, reconfiguration, reconsideration, redecoration, refrigeration, regeneration, reinvigoration, reiteration, remuneration, restoration, reverberation, saturation, toleration. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | facilitation, falsification, fascination, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, filtration, abrogation, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, abomination, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, altercation, amalgamation, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogitation, cohabitation, collectivization, colonization, colorization, combination, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, coordination, coronation, correlation, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, decentralization, decertification, decontamination, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evocation, exacerbation, examination, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhortation, exhumation, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, explanation, explication, exploitation, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, incantation, incapacitation, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfirmation, recreation, recrimination, rectification, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refutation, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reinterpretation, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | faction, fashion, fiction, fission, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, abduction, abolition, abortion, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-i-n-o-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: interposed, patronised, pedantries, pedestrian, personated, predations, proteinase, terpenoids. | |
-2 letters: antipodes, aperients, atropines, desertion, detainers, dipterans, dripstone, entropies, interpose, ordinates, patronise, periostea, peritonea, personate, pertained, pintadoes, pistareen, predation, president, proteides, redeposit, repainted, reposited, resinated, resonated, sparteine, terpenoid. | |
-3 letters: adoptees, adopters, airspeed, andesite, aneroids, antipode, aperient, arenites, arointed, arsenide, arsenite, asteroid, astonied, atropine, atropins, depaints. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-i-n-o-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: deprecations, depredations, desperations, endoparasite, impersonated, predominates. | |
+2 letters: depreciations, deuteranopias, endoparasites, lepidopterans, predestinator, superordinate. | |
+3 letters: antidepression, decrepitations, dispensatories, predestination, predestinators, premeditations, preordainments. | |
+4 letters: antidepressions, cyproheptadines, predestinations, predevaluations, preponderations, proletarianised, radiotelephones. | |
+5 letters: depressurization, postpresidential, radiotelephonies, superfecundation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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