acharnement
English
Etymology
French acharnement
Noun
acharnement (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Savage fierceness; ferocity.
French
Etymology
From acharner + -ment.
Pronunciation
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Noun
acharnement m (plural acharnements)
- fury
- stubbornness, especially, stubbornly badgering someone out of proportion to any fault they may have committed
- Après la quatrième fois qu'il s'est fait avertir pour une affaire insignifiante, il commençait à croire que le patron s'acharnait contre lui.
- After the fourth time he received a warning for something insignificant, he began to think that the boss was unfairly targeting him.
- ruthlessness
Derived terms
- acharnement thérapeutique
Further reading
- “acharnement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.