/de.zɛs.pe.ʁe/
Translation
desperate, hopeless
Word origin
From désespérer, from Latin desperare ('to lose hope'), built on de- and sperare ('to hope').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- desperare
- English cognates
- desperate, despair
Grammar
Examples
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He has been in despair since his dog died.
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She made a desperate appeal to the police.
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The desperate parents are looking for their daughter.
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The despair in her voice frightened me.
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Do not despair, everything can change.
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