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adjective
- 1. sad and depressed; dispirited: "he stood in the street looking dejected"
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unhappy, disappointed, or without hope: She looked a bit dejected when they told her she didn't get the job. Synonyms. blue (SAD) informal. depressed. despondent. dispirited. doleful. dolorous literary. downcast. downhearted. down in the dumps. gloomy. glum informal. low-spirited. melancholy. miserable (UNHAPPY) mournful. plaintive. sad (NOT HAPPY)
1. : low in spirits : depressed. The team was dejected after the loss. 2. a. obsolete : downcast. her eyes dejected and her hair unbound Alexander Pope. b. archaic : thrown down. 3. obsolete : lowered in rank or condition. the dejected state wherein he is Shakespeare. dejectedly adverb. dejectedness noun. Synonyms. bad. blue. brokenhearted.
Definitions of dejected. adjective. affected or marked by low spirits. “is dejected but trying to look cheerful” synonyms: amort. utterly cast down. chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen, deflated. brought low in spirit. blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited.
unhappy, disappointed, or without hope: She looked a little dejected when they told her she didn't get the job. Synonyms. blue (SAD) informal. depressed. despondent. dispirited. doleful. dolorous literary. downcast. downhearted. down in the dumps. gloomy. glum informal. low-spirited. melancholy. miserable (UNHAPPY) mournful. plaintive.
Definition of dejected adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Everyone has days when they feel dejected or down. Synonyms: downhearted , down , low , blue More Synonyms of dejected dejectedly adverb [ ADVERB with verb ]
Dejected definition: depressed in spirits; disheartened; low-spirited. See examples of DEJECTED used in a sentence.
the feeling of being unhappy, disappointed, or without hope: He wandered around in a state of utter dejection. She made no effort to hide her dejection. See. dejected. Fewer examples. With total dejection, she remarked, "What a waste ".
Define dejected. dejected synonyms, dejected pronunciation, dejected translation, English dictionary definition of dejected. adj. Being in low spirits; depressed. See Synonyms at depressed. de·ject′ed·ly adv. de·ject′ed·ness n.
disheartened; low-spirited: The dejected expression on the face of the loser spoiled my victory. deject + - ed2 1575–85. de•ject′ed•ly, adv. de•ject′ed•ness, n. discouraged, despondent, dispirited, downhearted, unhappy, miserable. happy. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dejected /dɪˈdʒɛktɪd/ adj.
