desperation

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
2. (countable, uncountable) A state of despair, or utter hopelessness; abandonment of hope.
3. (countable, uncountable) Reckless fury.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of bladder desperation.

Concepts

désespoir

désespérance

abandon

désespéré

désespérer

déréliction

Synonymes

despair

hopelessness

abandonment

despondency

desperate

despondence

self-abandonment

eagerness

gloomy

hopeless

recklessness

abandon

self-despair

desolation

difficult

disappointment

dismay

distress

extremity

foolhardiness

Traductions

Verzweiflung

desesperación

disperazione

vertwijfeling

wanhoop

απελπισία

radeloosheid

desespero

desesperació

Verzweifelung

Hoffnungslosigkeit

Selbstaufgabe

Folge großer Not

Ergebnis großer Verzweiflung

Verzagen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌdɛspəˈɹeɪʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Latin dēspērātiō, dēspērātiōnis. By surface analysis, desperate + -ion.