The Collaborative International Dictionary
Desperateness
Desperateness \Des"per*ate*ness\ n. Desperation; virulence.
Wiktionary
desperateness
n. The state or quality of being desperate.
Usage examples of "desperateness".
Absurd as the notion was, it frightened her, which should have given her an inkling as to the desperateness of her plight.
Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
As she ducked to avoid low-hanging branches, the only thought that kept coming to mind, despite the desperateness of the situation and the mental exhaustion that was beginning to wear on her, was which would kill her first: enemy action or the antics of her platoon leaders.