wretched oor Afrikaans

wretched

/'retʃɪd/ adjektief, werkwoord

Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

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beroerd

beklaaglik

beklaenswaardig

beklagenswaardig

arm

naamwoord

Wretched

voorbeelde

Elisabeth Bumiller writes: “The condition of some Indian women is so wretched that if their plight received the attention given to that of ethnic and racial minorities in other parts of the world, their cause would be taken up by human rights groups.” —May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons.
Elisabeth Bumiller skryf: “Die toestand waarin sommige Indiese vroue hulle bevind, is so ellendig dat menseregtegroepe iets omtrent hulle saak sou gedoen het as hulle situasie die aandag gekry het wat aan etniese en rasseminderheidsgroepe in ander wêrelddele gegee word.”—May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons.

(Hebrews 12:2) Though being impaled was obviously a wretched experience, Jesus’ relationship with his Father was far too strong to allow him to focus his thoughts on self-pity.
NW). Ofskoon dit ongetwyfeld ’n verskriklike ervaring was om aan ’n paal genael te wees, was Jesus se verhouding met sy Vader gans te sterk vir hom om hom oor te gee aan selfbejammering.

Wretch!
Jou hond!

Many divers also died as a result of the wretched working conditions imposed on them by their employers.
Baie duikers het ook gesterf weens die haglike werkstoestande waaronder hulle werkgewers hulle gedwing het om te werk.

CAPULET Hang thee, young baggage! disobedient wretch!
CAPULET Hang jou, jong bagasie! ongehoorsaam vabond!

Others may feel disadvantaged because of coming from a wretched background.
Ander voel moontlik dat hulle ’n agterstand het weens hulle ongelukkige agtergrond.

At first he was forced to do this because otherwise there was no room for him to creep around, but later he did it with a growing pleasure, although after such movements, tired to death and feeling wretched, he didn't budge for hours.
Aan die begin was hy gedwing om dit te doen, want anders was daar geen plek vir hom om te kruip rond, maar later het hy dit met ́n groeiende plesier, alhoewel na sodanige bewegings, moeg tot die dood en voel ellendig, het hy nie beweeg nie vir ure.

Wilt thou not, Jule?'and, by my holidame, The pretty wretch left crying, and said'Ay:'
Wil jy is nie, Jule en deur my holidame, die mooi vabond verlaat huil, en gesê " Ay: "

What's wretched and laughable is an old man begging for love!
Die hond is die gek wat smeek op'n ouderdom wat vroue koud laat

He was filled with sheer anger over the wretched care he was getting, even though he couldn't imagine anything which he might have an appetite for.
Hy was gevul met pure woede oor die stomme sorg hy was om te kry, selfs al Hy kon nie dink aan iets wat hy dalk ́n aptyt vir nie.

In a letter to Pope John XXIII in 1412, Archbishop Arundel referred to “that wretched and pestilent fellow John Wycliffe, of damnable memory, that son of the old serpent, the very herald and child of antichrist.”
In ’n brief aan pous Johannes XXIII in 1412 het aartsbiskop Arundel verwys na “daardie vervloekte en verpestelike vent John Wycliffe, verdoemlike gedagtenis, daardie seun van die ou slang, die boodskapper en kind van die antichris”.

Such a wretched plight is a fact of life for millions of gamblers.
So ’n ongelukkige situasie is vir miljoene dobbelaars ’n deel van die lewe.

Jonah sees this; but in vain he tries to look all ease and confidence; in vain essays his wretched smile.
Jona sien dit, maar tevergeefs probeer hy al die gemak en vertroue te kyk, tevergeefs opstelle sy ellendig glimlag.

It conspires with the most deadly and painful diseases to bring a wretched existence to all who suffer from it.”
Dit smee saam met die dodelikste en pynlikste siektes om die lewe van almal wat daaraan ly ellendig te maak.”

Where is that wretch?
Waar skuil sy tog?

Malaria, dysentery, and hepatitis laid low many of the wretched prisoners.
Baie van die gevangenes, wat reeds in ’n haglike toestand was, is deur malaria, disenterie en hepatitis platgetrek.

The wretched results of human rule are all around us —a world in which the death of innocent children is commonplace, almost lost in a sea of other evils.
Die ellendige gevolge van menseheerskappy is oral aanwesig—’n wêreld waarin die dood van onskuldige kinders alledaags is en byna verlore raak in ’n see van ander euwels.

Many of them feel frustrated and worthless, seeing little or no prospect of escaping their wretched lives.
Baie van hulle voel gefrustreerd en dat hulle niks werd is nie en sien min of geen vooruitsig om van hulle ellendige lewewyse bevry te word nie.

On the other hand, it would be such a relief to get rid of a wretched creature like you.”
Aan die ander kant sal dit ’n groot verligting wees om van ’n ellendeling soos jy ontslae te raak.”

Proportion'd as one's heart would wish a man, -- And then to have a wretched puling fool,
Proportion'd as ́n mens se hart,'n mens sou wil, - En dan ́n ellendige puling dwaas,

My state of health was truly wretched.
Ek was in ’n ellendige toestand.

In fact, it was love and compassion, along with my faith in God, that enabled me to cope with the wretched conditions and the daily threat of execution.
Trouens, dit was liefde en medelye, saam met my geloof in God, wat my in staat gestel het om die ellendige toestande en die daaglikse bedreiging van teregstelling te verduur.

No wonder she felt “hated,” as it were, and wretched.
Dit is geen wonder dat dit vir haar gevoel het asof sy as ’t ware die “nie-geliefde” was en dat sy ongelukkig was nie.

Zomaï refers to the constant darkness inside the huts, which got the crammed captives used to the wretched conditions they would encounter aboard the ships.
Zomaï verwys na die konstante duisternis binne die hutte, wat die saamgebondelde gevangenes voorberei het op die haglike omstandighede op die skepe.

Ha, Ishmael, muttered I, backing out, Wretched entertainment at the sign of'The
Ha, Ismael, prewel ek, agtergrond, ellendig vermaak by die teken van " Die