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dejected


adjective

  1. depressed in spirits; disheartened; low-spirited: The dejected expression on the face of the loser spoiled my victory.

verb (used with object)

  1. to depress the spirits of; dispirit; dishearten: Such news dejects me.

adjective

  1. Archaic. dejected; downcast.

adjective

  1. miserable; despondent; downhearted

verb

  1. (tr) to have a depressing effect on; dispirit; dishearten

adjective

  1. archaic downcast; dejected
adj.

“depressed at heart,” 1580s, past participle adjective from deject. Related: Dejectedly (1610s).

v.

early 15c., “to throw or cast down,” from Old French dejeter (12c.), from Latin deiectus “a throwing down, felling, fall,” past participle of deicere “to cast down, destroy; drive out; kill, slay, defeat,” from de- “down” + -icere, comb. form of iacere “to throw” (see jet (v.)). Originally literal; the sense of “depress in spirit” is c.1500.

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