lowness of spirits; depression; melancholy faecal matter evacuated from the bowels; excrement the act of defecating; defecation
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de•jec•tion
(di jek′shən),USA pronunciation n.
- depression or lowness of spirits.
- Medicine, Physiology
- evacuation of the bowels;
fecal discharge. - excrement.
- evacuation of the bowels;
- Latin dējectiōn- (stem of dējectiō) a throwing down, equivalent. to dēject(us) (see deject) + -iōn- -ion
- late Middle English deieccioun 1400–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged exhilaration.
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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 © 2026- 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.
'dejection' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
damp
- depressant
- depressing
- depression
- despondency
- despondent
- disconsolate
- discouragement
- dismal
- doldrums
- elastic
- gloom
- gloomy
- melancholy
- mope
- prostration
- self-dejection
- spirit