絶望

ぜつぼう
despair
hopelessness

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ぜつぼう【絶望】

*despair

〖U〗絶望， 失望， 落胆(⇔hope)

black despair まったくの絶望

in (one's) despair at ［over， about］... …に絶望して

Despair was written on the mother's face. 母親の顔に絶望の色がありありと見えた

drive her to despair 彼女を絶望させる

*dismay

〖U〗絶望感.

◇ → 絶望する

◇ → 絶望的な

◇ → 絶望的に

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ぜつぼう【絶望】

despair; hopelessness.

～する despair; despair of 《finishing a project》; lose [give up] hope; lose heart; be driven to despair; be plunged into despair.

●人生に絶望する cease to [no longer] find life worth living

・将来を絶望する lose (all) hope (for the future); lose faith in the future

・絶望するのはまだ早い. It's too early to give up hope. | Let's not give up hope yet.

・絶望して in despair; despairingly; hopelessly

・絶望させる make sb lose hope; throw sb into [drive sb to] despair

・私を絶望させないでくれ. Don't let me down [disappoint me].

●絶望のあまり in [out of] sheer despair

・絶望のどん底にいる be sunk in [in the depths of] despair; be in total [complete, utter] despair

・絶望の淵に投げこまれる be thrown into (utter) despair [the slough of despond]

・絶望のあまり彼は自殺した. He was in such despair that he took his own life. | Complete loss of hope drove him to suicide.

●こうなっては, ああ, まったく絶望だ, おしまいだ. There's no more hope for me now. It's all over. | Oh God, this is it. I'm finished.

・病人の生命はもう絶望視されている. The patient's life is despaired of. | There is no hope (for the patient). | The doctors have given up hope (for the patient).

絶望感 a sense [feelings] of hopelessness [despair]; a loss of hope.