English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "gruwel" is uiters onaangenaam, aanstootlik of onaangenaam. Dit kan ook beteken dat jy afgryse, verskrikking of vrees veroorsaak. Die woord kan gebruik word om iets te beskryf wat baie sleg of van lae gehalte is, of 'n situasie wat besonder onaangenaam of ontstellend is. Boonop kan "afskuwelik" 'n persoon se gedrag of karakter as wreed, goddeloos of moreel laakbaar beskryf.

Sentence Examples

  1. The way the body laid on the floor all tangled up was the most horrid part.
  2. The only thing that would be the cherry on top of this horrid day would be Henry standing on the other side with two men dressed in white holding a straightjacket.
  3. It is all dark and horrid to me, for I can remember nothing but I am full of vague fear, and I feel so weak and worn out.
  4. He disgusted me much while with him, for when a horrid blow-fly, bloated with some carrion food, buzzed into the room, he caught it, held it exultantly for a few moments between his finger and thumb, and, before I knew what he was going to do, put it in his mouth and ate it.
  5. The shovel fell from my hand across the box, and as I pulled it away the flange of the blade caught the edge of the lid which fell over again, and hid the horrid thing from my sight.
  6. Again I felt that horrid sense of the reality of things, in which any effort of imagination seemed out of place and I realised distinctly the perils of the law which we were incurring in our unhallowed work.
  7. It was that neglectful passion that led us to marry, for me to spend my days in that horrid job when I wanted to hit the road and explore life.
  8. The horrid creature climbed out from behind it and advanced.
  9. The coming night might see my own body a banquet in a similar way to those horrid three.
  10. The man has a horrid desire to murder gators in the wild.