Accablement (en. Overwhelming)

/akable.mɑ̃/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

State of someone overwhelmed by a moral or physical weight.

The accablement of losing a loved one can be very heavy to bear.

L'accablement de la perte d'un être cher peut être très lourd à porter.

Feeling of despair or being subjected to an overwhelming force.

She felt an accablement in the face of so many responsibilities.

Elle ressentait un accablement face à tant de responsabilités.

From the verb 'accabler,' derived from the Latin 'acclamare.'

To be in a state of accablement

To be very sad or overwhelmed by a difficult situation.

être dans un état d'accablement

Moral accablement

State of great psychological distress.

accablement moral

To experience an accablement

To undergo a period of pain or torment.

vivre un accablement

Accabler

To impose a burden or weight on someone.

accabler

Abattement

State of being dejected, discouraged.

abattement

Angoisse

State of intense worry or dread.

angoisse

To be at rock bottom

After that breakup, I was really at rock bottom.

Après cette rupture, j'étais vraiment au fond du trou.

To have zero morale

Since he lost his job, he has zero morale.

Depuis qu'il a perdu son travail, il a le moral à zéro.