désespérément
French → English
(intensity/desire) Desperately: with an intense or extreme degree of need or feeling, often implying hopelessness
J’étais un jeune homme désespérément amoureux et totalement indifférent au reste du monde.
(English) I was a young man desperately in love and totally indifferent to the rest of the world.
J'ai désespérément besoin d'une douche après cette longue journée de travail physique.
(English) I desperately need a shower after this long day of physical labor.
(manner) Desperately: in a way that shows a loss of hope or a frantic struggle against failure
Le voilier démâté luttait désespérément contre l’assaut d’énormes vagues bondissantes.
(English) The dismasted sailboat was struggling desperately against the onslaught of enormous leaping waves.
Les médecins tentent de soigner des patients qu’on aurait crus désespérément malades.
(English) The doctors are trying to treat patients who would have been thought to be hopelessly ill.
Entry ID: fr:en:désespérément · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary