절망

jeolmang · [절망]

despair

nounIntermediate

Meanings

  1. despairThe act of abandoning any hopes due to dim prospects, or such a state.

Written Forms

절망Hangul
絕望Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

Like the technique of pressing the entire screen into a dark tone when the protagonist falls into despair.

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Exactly; if we show deeper despair in that moment, the audience's immersion will be completely different.

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You can think of '-majeo' as an expression of despair used when even the last remaining thing has disappeared.

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Grammar in These Examples

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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