desperation

désespoir

Sentiment que rien ne peut s’améliorer et qu’il ne reste aucun espoir.

En anglais simple : A feeling that nothing can improve and there is no hope left.

• I could hear desperation in her voice.
• He felt deep desperation after losing his home.
• Their desperation grew as the food ran out.

Comment l'utiliser : in desperation (In desperation, he begged a stranger for help.)

Synonymes : despair, hopelessness

Contraires : hope

Expressions courantes : in desperation, sheer desperation, sense of desperation

désespoir

Le fait de perdre espoir parce que la situation semble impossible à améliorer.

En anglais simple : The act of giving up hope because a situation seems impossible to improve.

• His desperation began when the last rescue boat left.
• She threw away the application in desperation.
• Their final letter expressed desperation at the repeated failures.

Comment l'utiliser : in desperation (In desperation, she stopped looking for a way out.)

Synonymes : despair, loss of hope

Expressions courantes : in desperation, desperation at something

fureur aveugle

Colère violente qui pousse à agir sans se soucier du danger.

En anglais simple : Wild anger that makes someone act without caring about danger.

• He attacked with reckless desperation.
• Her desperation drove her into the fighting crowd.
• The soldiers fought with a desperation that ignored every danger.

Synonymes : fury, rage

Expressions courantes : reckless desperation, furious desperation, fight with desperation