やけくそConjugationsTop 45000MeaningsNounNa-adjective1. desperation; despair; self-abandonment (Usually kana, more emphatic than やけ)Other readingsヤケクソPitch accentやけくそExamples1やけくそになった男おとこはしばしばやけくそな事ことをする。Desperate men often do desperate things.