desperation

desesperación

Sensación de que nada puede mejorar y ya no queda esperanza.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: in desperation (In desperation, he begged a stranger for help.)

Sinónimos: despair, hopelessness

Antónimos: hope

Expresiones frecuentes: in desperation, sheer desperation, sense of desperation

desesperación

Dejar de tener esperanza porque parece imposible mejorar la situación.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: in desperation (In desperation, she stopped looking for a way out.)

Sinónimos: despair, loss of hope

Expresiones frecuentes: in desperation, desperation at something

furia desenfrenada

Rabia intensa que hace actuar sin importar el peligro.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: fury, rage

Expresiones frecuentes: reckless desperation, furious desperation, fight with desperation