English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "neergedruk" is om 'n hartseer of teleurgestelde uitdrukking te hê, om afwaarts of depressief te kyk, of om moedeloos of moedeloos te voel. Dit kan ook gebruik word om iets te beskryf wat gerig is of na onder wys.

Sentence Examples

  1. Sintian lounged against the far wall, his dark eyes brooding and downcast, as if deep in thought.
  2. Raj trudged toward me, his shoulders slumped, his face downcast.
  3. The arrival of flags to cover the messengers of summons, had occurred so often of late, that when Heyward first threw his careless glance on this group, he expected to see another of the officers of the enemy, charged with a similar office but the instant he recognized the tall person and still sturdy though downcast features of his friend, the woodsman, he started with surprise, and turned to descend from the bastion into the bosom of the work.
  4. Master Mytaar remained silent and stood with downcast eyes, apparently letting his mate handle things.
  5. He was standing next to the doctor with a downcast expression wrapped in a cloak.
  6. All appeared downcast and wore dirty grey uniforms with no shoes.
  7. My uncle stood in the shadows of the covered porch, his eyes downcast.
  8. When they spoke, although Teresa listened timidly and with downcast eyes to the conversation of her cavalier, as Luigi could read in the ardent looks of the good-looking young man that his language was that of praise, it seemed as if the whole world was turning round with him, and all the voices of hell were whispering in his ears ideas of murder and assassination.
  9. Aramis, pale and downcast, between two flambeaux, showed himself at the window which looked into the principal court, full of soldiers waiting for orders and bewildered inhabitants imploring succor.
  10. Eilidh loomed over her fallen adversary, her blunt sword pointed at the downcast head.