Polyglot Dictionary

désarroi

/dezaʁwa/

le noun B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. distress, confusion

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

souffrance

désarroi (distress, confusion) is a state of being disoriented, not knowing what to do; souffrance (suffering) is specifically pain, physical or emotional, more intense than confusion.

Practice

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