English to Afrikaans Meaning of upstanding - trotse

Upstanding :

trotse

adjective

goeie, eerlik, regop, openhartige, trotse, staande, rig, uitgestrekte, Frank, Opregte, eenvoudig, reguit, reg, blatante, direkte, onmiddellike

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Definitions of upstanding in English

Adjective(1) meriting respect or esteem

Examples of upstanding in English

(1) But neither of the victims, he concedes, were the most honest and upstanding of people.(2) We have upstanding members of our society, citizens who are willing to toe the line and know what the law is.(3) But I think it came at a moment when Americans were particularly hungry for someone they could perceive as honest, upstanding , and a hero.(4) It's nice to know what a fine upstanding member of society he finds me.(5) They are potentially fine upstanding members of the community.(6) You used to be such an upstanding member of your community.(7) Mr Watts-Jones told the court his client had outgrown the misbehaviour of his youth and become an upstanding member of the community, with a respectable job, a wife and two teenage children.(8) The fine upstanding members of the city council were only doing their job, and it's the job that we elected them to do.(9) But he consistently strove to be an upstanding member of society, to raise a healthy family, and to make a meaningful contribution to the world.(10) You are upstanding members of the community who feel passionately about something.(11) People - apparently respectable, upstanding people - actually justifying these unspeakable crimes.(12) He was a man of good character, a religious man and an upstanding member of the public.(13) She had changed the story about my father into one in which he seemed more like a hero or an upstanding member of society struggling against an addiction and winning.(14) Luckily, he succeeded, and is now an upstanding member of society.(15) These people are modest, upstanding , hard-working honest people and a lot of us could learn a lesson or two from them in how to treat both man and animals.(16) For more than four decades the father-of-two lived as a devoted family man, successful businessman and upstanding member of the community in rural Buchlyvie, Stirlingshire.

Related Phrases of upstanding

(1) upstand ::

upstand

Related Phrases of upstanding

(1) upstand ::

upstand

Synonyms

Adjective

1. honest ::

eerlik

2. honorable ::

eerbare

3. upright ::

regop

4. respectable ::

gerespekteerde

5. high-minded ::

hoogmoedig

6. law-abiding ::

wetsgehoorsame

7. right-minded ::

regdenkende

8. worthy ::

waardig

9. trustworthy ::

betroubaar

10. moral ::

morele

11. ethical ::

etiese

12. righteous ::

regverdige

13. decent ::

ordentlike

14. good ::

goeie

15. virtuous ::

deugsame

16. principled ::

beginselvaste

17. of principle ::

van beginsel

18. noble ::

edele

19. incorruptible ::

onverganklike

20. straightforward ::

eenvoudig

Antonyms

1. base ::

basis

2. dishonest ::

oneerlik

3. ignoble ::

veragtelik

4. low ::

lae

5. unjust ::

onregverdige

6. unprincipled ::

beginselloos

Different Forms

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