förtvivlad

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Participle

förtvivlad

  1. past participle of förtvivla

Adjective

förtvivlad (comparative mer förtvivlad, superlative mest förtvivlad)

  1. very upset and feeling powerless; despairing, desperate, devastated, distraught
    De skeppsbrutna blev förtvivlade när det stod klart att båten inte sett dom
    The shipwrecked men were devastated when it became clear that the boat hadn't spotted them
    en förtvivlad mamma som inte kan hitta sitt barn
    a desperate mother who can't find her child
    Hon har varit helt förtvivlad sen katten blev överkörd
    She's been completely devastated since her cat got run over
  2. (of an act or situation or the like) desperate
    ett sista förtvivlat försök
    a last desperate attempt
    en förtvivlad situation
    a desperate situation

Usage notes

Also of situations where there actually is no hope, like in the cat example.

Declension

Inflection of förtvivlad
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular förtvivlad — —
Neuter singular förtvivlat — —
Plural förtvivlade — —
Masculine plural3 förtvivlade — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 förtvivlade — —
All förtvivlade — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

See also

References

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