絶望的

ぜつぼうてき

Meanings

1. な-adjective desperate; hopeless

Kanji

• 絶 cut off. Read as ゼツ.
• 望 hope. Read as ボウ.
• 的 -like. Read as テキ.

Example sentences

• 患者の症状は全く絶望的だ。
  The patient is sick beyond all hope.
• 自殺は絶望的な行為だ。
  Suicide is a desperate act.
• 状況は絶望的だ。
  The situation is hopeless.
• 状況は絶望的のようだ。
  The situation appears desperate.
• 戦況は絶望的だった。
  The war situation was desperate.

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