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Detailed Translations for desperation from English to French

desperation:

desperation [the ~] nomen

  1. the desperation (despair; despondency)
    le désespoir; la désespérance; le mal de vivre; la morosité; la mélancolie; la tristesse
  2. the desperation (upheaval)
    le désarroi; la confusion

Translation Matrix for desperation:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
confusion desperation; upheaval bewilderment; chaos; commotion; confusion; disorder; disturbance; fisticuffs; labyrinth; maze; mess; mix-up; muddle; pandemonium; perplexity; puzzlement; rebellion; revolt; riot; sense of shame; shame; tangle; trouble; welter
désarroi desperation; upheaval
désespoir despair; desperation; despondency dejection; depression; depression of spirits; desolation; despondency; melancholy
désespérance despair; desperation; despondency dejectedness; dejection; depression; depression of spirits; despondency; gloom; melancholy; somberness; sombreness
mal de vivre despair; desperation; despondency
morosité despair; desperation; despondency blandness; bleakness; dejectedness; dejection; depression; depression of spirits; despondency; drabness; dullness; gloom; melancholy; moodiness; somberness; sombreness
mélancolie despair; desperation; despondency dejectedness; dejection; depression; depression of spirits; despondency; gloom; grief; melancholy; mournfulness; regret; sadness; somberness; sombreness; sorrow; wistfulness
tristesse despair; desperation; despondency alarm; annoyance; anxiety; blandness; bleakness; chagrin; concern; dejectedness; dejection; depression; depression of spirits; desolation; despondency; distress; drabness; dullness; gloom; grief; melancholy; misery; misfortune; mournfulness; pitifulness; regret; sadness; somberness; sombreness; sorrow; squalor; trouble; uneasiness; vexation; wistfulness; worry
- despair

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Related Definitions for "desperation":

  1. desperate recklessness1
    • it was a policy of desperation1
  2. a state in which all hope is lost or absent1
    • courage born of desperation1

Wiktionary Translations for desperation:

desperation

desperate:


Translation Matrix for desperate:

AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- despairing; dire; do-or-die; heroic
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
affolé desperate hopeless; terrified; very afraid
au désespoir desperate
désespérant desperate
sans avenir desperate; futureless; hopeless; impossible; without chance; without hope
sans espoir desperate; futureless; hopeless; impossible; without chance hopeless; irreparable; irretrievable
sans issue desperate; futureless; hopeless; impossible; without chance; without hope
sans perspective desperate; futureless; hopeless; impossible; without chance; without hope
éperdu desperate

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Related Definitions for "desperate":

  1. showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort1
    • made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber1
    • the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war1
  2. fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless1
    • a desperate illness1
    • on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel1
  3. showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire1
    • felt a desperate urge to confess1
    • a desperate need for recognition1
  4. arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope1
    • a desperate cry for help1
    • helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether1
    • her desperate screams1
  5. desperately determined1
  6. (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair1
    • a desperate criminal1
    • taken hostage of desperate men1
  7. a person who is frightened and in need of help1
    • they prey on the hopes of the desperate1

Wiktionary Translations for desperate:

desperate
adjective
  1. -
  2. filled with despair
desperate
adjective
  1. Qui être dans le désespoir, qui agir par désespoir.