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   De·ject·ed

   /dəˈjektəd/

   

   adjective

   • 1. sad and depressed; dispirited: "he stood in the street looking dejected"

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   • 1. dejectedly adverb

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   What does it mean if you are dejected?

   • If you are dejected, you feel miserable or unhappy, especially because you have just been disappointed by something. Everyone has days when they feel dejected or down. Passengers queued dejectedly for the increasingly dirty toilets. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins English Dictionary.

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   What does dejection mean in English?

   • de•jec•tion /dɪˈdʒɛkʃən/ n. [ uncountable] feelings of dejection. low-spirited: The dejected expression on the face of the loser spoiled my victory. de•ject′ed•ness, n. discouraged, despondent, dispirited, downhearted, unhappy, miserable. happy. dishearten: Such news dejects me. downcast. In Lists: Emotions/feelings, more...

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   What is the root word of deject?

   • From Old French dejeter, from Latin deicere (“to throw down”) . deject (third-person singular simple present dejects, present participle dejecting, simple past and past participle dejected) ( transitive) Make sad or dispirited . ( obsolete, transitive) To cast downward . To debase or humble . deject (plural dejects) One who is lowly or abject .

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   How do you feel about a dejected team?

   • The tone is utterly dejected. You feel dejected and trapped. Be prepared to be let down, to feel rejected and dejected. There was still half an hour to go against a clearly demoralised and dejected team. When he came back the following week he was totally dejected. At half-time, we came in a bit dejected.

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   3 days ago · adjective. If you are dejected, you feel miserable or unhappy, especially because you have just been disappointed by something. Everyone has days when they feel dejected or down. Synonyms: downhearted, down, low, blue More Synonyms of dejected. dejectedly adverb [ADVERB with verb] Passengers queued dejectedly for the increasingly dirty toilets.

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   Definition of dejected adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   adjective. uk / dɪˈdʒektɪd / us. Add to word list Add to word list. unhappy and disappointed: He looked tired and dejected. dejection. noun [ U ] uk / dɪˈdʒekʃ ə n / us. (Definition of dejected from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of dejected. in Chinese (Traditional) 沮喪的, 失意的, 失望的… See more.

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   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.

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   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.

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   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.

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   3 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.