How do you say “desperate” in Vietnamese?

“Desperate” in Vietnamese is tuyệt vọng (desperate).

Vietnamese words for “desperate”

• tuyệt vọngListenadjective
  Hanoi [twiət̚˧˨ʔ vawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [t⁽ʷ⁾iək̚˨˩˨ vawŋ͡m˨˩˨]tuyệt heavy vọng heavy

  desperate; hopeless

  • Cô ấy nói là cô ấy đã cảm thấy tuyệt vọng.She said she felt desperate.

Related Vietnamese words

• bức thiếtListenadjective

  urgent; desperate; pressing

• khốn cùngListenadjective

  miserable; indigent; desperate

• trối chếtListenadjective

  to death; for dear life; desperate

• vô vọngListenadjective

  hopeless; desperate

• liều mạngListenverb

  to be reckless

• liều lĩnhListenadjective

  venturesome; reckless

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.