Definition
Archaic or poetic term for despair or hopelessness.
Etymology
From Old French desperance (hopelessness), derived from Latin desperare (to lose hope), with the -ance suffix creating abstract nouns.
Kelly Says
Shakespeare and his contemporaries used 'desperance' in sonnets and tragedies—it's the poetic ancestor of our modern word 'despair,' preferred when a more melodramatic tone was needed.
Translations
ARالعربية
الْيَئُوسُ
al-ya'us
CACatalà
desesperança
de-spe-re-an-sa
CSČeština
zoufale
zouf-a-le
DADansk
desperation
de-spe-ra-tion
DEDeutsch
Verzweiflung
fer-zwaeif-lung
ELΕλληνικά
απογοήτευση
a-po-go-e-te-fsi
ESEspañol
desesperanza
de-spe-re-zan-sa
FRFrançais
desespérance
de-spe-e-ra-ns
HUMagyar
desperancia
de-spe-ran-cia
IDBahasa Indonesia
kehilangan harapan
kehilangan harapan
IGIG
ndị aghaghị
ndi agha-ghi
ITItaliano
desperanza
de-spe-ran-za
KMKM
អ្នកប្រាប់
a-nk pra-ap
MSBahasa Melayu
desperan
de-spe-ran
MYမြန်မာ
ကျွန်တော်
kyun-tawr
NLNederlands
desperantie
de-spe-ran-tie
NONorsk
desperasjon
de-spe-ra-sjon
PLPolski
desperacja
de-spe-ra-cja
PTPortuguês
desesperança
de-spe-re-an-sa
RORomână
desperare
de-spe-ra-re
RUРусский
отчаяние
otchayaniye
SVSvenska
desperans
de-spe-rans
SWKiswahili
desperan
de-spe-ran
THไทย
ความสิ้นหวัง
kwan sin wan
TRTürkçe
desperan
de-spe-ran
UKУкраїнська
безвихідність
bez-vi-khod-nist
URاردو
ناامیدی
na-a-mi-di
VITiếng Việt
sự tuyệt vọng
su tuyet vong
ZUZU
abantu abangapheli
a-ban-tu a-ban-ga-pheli