wanhope

Senso (Inglese)

1. (UK, archaic, dialectal, uncountable, usually) Lack of hope; hopelessness; despair.
2. (uncountable, usually) Vain hope; overconfidence; delusion.

sinonimi

despair

Traduzioni

استحالة

Hoffnungslosigkeit

Verzweiflung

Verzagen

Aussichtslosigkeit

impossibilité

état désespéré

impossibilitas

onmogelijkheid

umutsuzluk

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈwɒnhəʊp/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: wanhope

Affine scozzese: wanhop

Affine frisone occidentale: wanhope

Affine olandese: wanhoop

In summary

From Middle English wanhope, equivalent to wan- + hope. Cognate with Scots wanhop, wanhope (“wanhope, despair”), West Frisian wanhope (“wanhope, despair”), Dutch wanhoop (“despair”).