deject

dɪˈdʒɛkt

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Conjugation

Definition of deject - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

tr.

emotionmake someone feel sad or dispirited

The news seemed to deject him completely.

depress

discourage

dishearten

humble

Dated

debase or humble someone

Dated

Criticism can deject even the strongest leaders.

abase

humiliate

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Origin of deject

Latin, de (down) + jacere (to throw)

Examples of deject in a sentence

The failure didn't deject him for long.
Failure can deject a person's spirit.
The harsh words served to deject him further.

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French:décourager, rabaisser, ...
German:entmutigen, erniedrigen, ...
Italian:scoraggiare, abbattere, ...
Spanish:abatir, humillar, ...
Portuguese:desanimar, humilhar, ...
Chinese:使沮丧, 贬低, ...
Japanese:落胆させる, へこませる, ...
Arabic:أَحْزَنَ, أَذَلَّ, ...
Hebrew:לְדַכֵּא, לְהַשְׁפִּיל, ...
Russian:удручать, унизить, ...
Ukrainian:засмутити, принизити, ...
Hindi:उदास करना, नीचा दिखाना, ...
Bengali:হতাশ করা, হেয় করা, ...
Catalan:desanimar, deprimir, ...
Czech:sklíčit, ponížit, ...
Danish:nedtrykke, ydmyge, ...
Dutch:ontmoedigen, deprimeren, ...
Greek:απογοητεύω, ταπεινώνω, ...
Hungarian:elkedvetleníteni, megalázni, ...
Khmer:ធ្វើឲ្យអស់សង្ឃឹម, បន្ទាបបន្ថោក, ...
Korean:낙담시키다, 낮추다, ...
Persian:ناراحت کرد, تحقیر کرد, ...
Polish:przygnębiać, upokorzyć, ...
Portuguese (BR):desanimar, humilhar, ...
Romanian:a descuraja, a umili, ...
Swedish:göra nedstämd, nedslå, ...
Thai:ทำให้หมดกำลังใจ, ทำให้รู้สึกต่ำต้อย, ...
Turkish:moralini bozmak, aşağılamak, ...
Vietnamese:chán nản, làm nhục, ...

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