English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "depressief" is:(byvoeglike naamwoord) uiters ongelukkig of moedeloos voel; hartseer en moedeloos(byvoeglike naamwoord) wat aan kliniese depressie ly; om 'n geestesongesteldheid te hê wat gekenmerk word deur aanhoudende gevoelens van hartseer, hopeloosheid en verlies aan belangstelling of plesier in aktiwiteite(byvoeglike naamwoord) wat onder die omliggende area afgeplat of gesink is; konkaaf(werkwoord) iemand baie ongelukkig, moedeloos of nederig laat voel; druk af of laat sakLet daarop dat die tweede definisie verband hou met 'n spesifieke geestesgesondheidstoestand, terwyl die ander definisies verwys na 'n meer algemene gevoel van moedeloos of nederig voel.

Sentence Examples

  1. The metal bar depressed at my touch, throwing a thick spark that was thankfully blocked by my body.
  2. Being close to bankrupt, friendless, depressed and worn out were taking a toll.
  3. Harry was depressed that he was unable to contact his wife.
  4. This article made a great deal of noise, and, being copied into all the papers, seriously depressed the advocates of the rash tourist.
  5. The bed depressed by my hip and something cool and wet covered my forehead.
  6. He looped a finger over the knot by his throat and pulled it down, letting out a long, depressed sigh.
  7. Declan depressed a button on the wall, then pulled a keycard from his pocket.
  8. In the first few degrees of this its progress, its surface is very sensibly flattened, farther on depressed into a plane, and finally, becoming not a little concave, it terminates, at the Pole itself, in a circular centre, sharply defined, whose apparent diameter subtended at the balloon an angle of about sixty-five seconds, and whose dusky hue, varying in intensity, was, at all times, darker than any other spot upon the visible hemisphere, and occasionally deepened into the most absolute and impenetrable blackness.
  9. In my depressed state, I was slow to make friends.
  10. A section about one foot by one foot depressed into the wall and hinged to the left.