English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "afbrekend" veroorsaak 'n verlies aan selfrespek of 'n gevoel van vernedering; die verlaging van iemand se status of reputasie; iemand met disrespek of minagting te behandel; die karakter of kwaliteit van iets te verminder.

Synonyms

  1. debasing

Sentence Examples

  1. She had led her friend astray, and it would be a reproach to her for ever but her judgment was as strong as her feelings, and as strong as it had ever been before, in reprobating any such alliance for him, as most unequal and degrading.
  2. What he did smile away was not chivalry but a degrading mockery of it.
  3. With no viruses and no degrading effect of this plague, it would be Eden.
  4. The longer Murdock studied the quickly degrading tracks, the more concerned he became.
  5. I never knew how degrading it was to have your face smacked before.
  6. What happened next was almost more humiliating and degrading than the attack itself.