miserable; despondent; downhearted
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de•ject•ed /dɪˈdʒɛktɪd/USA pronunciation
adj.
de•jec•tion /dɪˈdʒɛkʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]feelings of dejection.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- depressed in spirits; disheartened;
low-spirited:He was dejected when she turned down his proposal.
de•jec•tion /dɪˈdʒɛkʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]feelings of dejection.
de•ject•ed
(di jek′tid),USA pronunciation adj.
de•ject′ed•ly, adv.
de•ject′ed•ness, n.
- depressed in spirits;
disheartened;
low-spirited:The dejected expression on the face of the loser spoiled my victory.
- deject + -ed2 1575–85
de•ject′ed•ness, n.
- discouraged, despondent, dispirited, downhearted, unhappy, miserable.
- happy.
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de•ject
(di jekt′),USA pronunciation v.t.
adj.
- to depress the spirits of;
dispirit;
dishearten:Such news dejects me.
adj.
- [Archaic.]dejected;
downcast.
- Latin dējectus (past participle of dējicere to throw down), equivalent. to dē- de- + -jec-, combining form of jacere to throw + -tus past participle suffix
- late Middle English dejecten (verb, verbal) 1375–1425
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- (transitive)
to have a depressing effect on; dispirit; dishearten
'dejected' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abject
- bad
- badly
- blue
- brokenhearted
- cast down
- chapfallen
- crestfallen
- damp
- deject
- depressed
- despondent
- disconsolate
- disjasked
- dispirited
- down
- downcast
- downhearted
- droop
- droopy
- dumpy
- elated
- feed
- funk
- gloom
- gloomy
- glum
- head
- heartsick
- heavy
- heavy-hearted
- hopeless
- low
- low-spirited
- mope
- mopish
- mouth
- prostrate
- quasi-dejected
- sad
- upraise
- war-weary
- wretched