acharnement

French acharnement

acharnement (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Savage fierceness; ferocity.

From acharner +‎ -ment.

• IPA^(key): /a.ʃaʁ.nə.mɑ̃/

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acharnement m (plural acharnements)

1. fury
2. 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.

3. ruthlessness

• acharnement thérapeutique

• “acharnement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.