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očaj

очај

ȍčāj · /ôt͡ʃaːj/ · masc.

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NOUN
  1. despair; desperation
    Posle otkaza pao je u očaj. — After losing his job he fell into despair.
    U očaju je zvala sve prijatelje. — In desperation she called all her friends.
  2. colloq. (as an evaluation) a disaster; awful
    Taj film je pravi očaj. — That film is a real disaster.

Common collocations: pasti u očaj (fall into despair), dovesti do očaja (drive to despair).

Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Declension, masc.
singularplural
Nom.očajočaji
Gen.očajaočaja
Dat.očajuočajima
Acc.očajočaje
Voc.očajuočaji
Ins.očajemočajima
Loc.očajuočajima
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