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- DictionaryDe·ject·ed/dəˈjektəd/
adjective
- 1. sad and depressed; dispirited: "he stood in the street looking dejected"
dejected | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary. Definition of dejected – Learner’s Dictionary. dejected. adjective. uk / dɪˈdʒektɪd / us. unhappy and disappointed: He looked tired and dejected. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge.
Definition of dejected adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
de•ject•ed (di jek′ tid), adj. 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•ly, adv. de•ject′ed•ness, n. discouraged, despondent, dispirited, downhearted, unhappy, miserable. happy.
4 days ago · deject in British English. (dɪˈdʒɛkt ) verb. 1. (transitive) to have a depressing effect on; dispirit; dishearten. adjective. 2. archaic. downcast; dejected. Collins English Dictionary.
To deject is to make someone feel really, really sad. Few things will deject you more than losing your very favorite scarf — the one your grandmother knit — on the subway. This verb is rarely used these days, so you're most likely to find it in an old book— the adjective dejected is much more common.
: sad because of failure, loss, etc. The dejected players left the field. She's been so dejected [= depressed, unhappy] since her sister moved away. — dejectedly. adverb. The players dejectedly walked off the field. DEJECTED meaning: sad because of failure, loss, etc.
1 of 2. adjective. de· ject di-ˈjekt. dē- Synonyms of deject. archaic. : dejected. deject. 2 of 2. verb. dejected; dejecting; dejects. transitive verb. : to make gloomy. Synonyms. Verb. bum (out) burden. dash. depress. get down. oppress. sadden. weigh down. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of deject in a Sentence.
