No. 8,406 in French
accablé
Overwhelmed; distressed.
In a sentence
Il était accablé par le poids de la responsabilité.
He was overwhelmed by the weight of responsibility.
Here, 'accablé' reflects a state of feeling overwhelmed or burdened emotionally due to the weight of responsibilities.
Elle se sentait accablée après une longue journée de travail.
She felt overwhelmed after a long day of work.
In this instance, 'accablée' is used to describe a feeling of exhaustion or heaviness resulting from physical or mental effort.
Nous sommes accablés de tristesse après la mauvaise nouvelle.
We are overwhelmed with sadness after the bad news.
'Accablés' here conveys the intensity of emotional grief or sorrow stemming from receiving upsetting news.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “accablé” in actual French podcasts.
Find “accablé” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays French podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there.
Get the appFrench books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).