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絶望 — meaning in English

zetsubō

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English meaning

  • despair noun A total loss of hope.
  • hopeless adj Without hope; expecting nothing good to happen.
  • hopelessness noun A complete lack of hope; despair.

Senses

絶望 is used for these senses in English:

  • despair (transitive) To cause to despair.
  • desperation The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
  • hopeless Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.
  • hopelessness A lack of hope; despair.

despair — full definition

  1. noun A total loss of hope.
  2. verb To lose all hope.

hopeless — full definition

  1. adj Without hope; expecting nothing good to happen.
  2. adj Offering no chance of a good result; desperate.
  3. adj Completely lacking skill or ability at something.

Related Japanese words