cafard
cafard noun: depression; melancholy.
Noun
cafard (plural cafards)
- Depression; melancholy.
- That's the worst trouble with the soldiers in the trenches — nothing to do. It gives them the cafards, the black butterflies, the blue devils, the jimjams, the hump.1918, Elizabeth Frazer, Old Glory and Verdun, page 169
- At such times when the cafard of the city seized her, I was at my wits' end to devise a means of rousing her.1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine
cafard meaning in Tamil
cafard in Tamil
- உடைந்த உள்ளம், உளப்பிறழ்ச்சி, உளப்பிணி
Forms of cafard
| plural | cafards |
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Origin of cafard
Borrowed from French cafard.
Questions about cafard
- What does cafard mean?
- Cafard means depression; melancholy.
- What is cafard in Tamil?
- Cafard in Tamil is உடைந்த உள்ளம், உளப்பிறழ்ச்சி, உளப்பிணி. See Cafard meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cafard?
- Cafard is a noun.
- What is the plural of cafard?
- The plural of cafard is cafards.
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