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Definition of dejected - Reverso English Dictionary
Adjective
emotional statefeeling sad and without hope
- She felt dejected after the team lost.
- He looked dejected after the rejection letter arrived.
- The dejected puppy lay quietly in the corner.
Origin of dejected
Latin, dejectus (cast down)
Terms with dejected included in their meaning
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mood
dejected or dispirited
sad or discouraged
feeling or looking sad, discouraged, or dejected
emotion
make someone feel sad or dejected
sadness
appear visibly sad or dejected
sad look
appearing sad or dejected
guilty look
person with a guilty or dejected appearance
sadness
deeply sad or dejected, as if near death
dispirited
utterly cast down or dejected
sorrow
looking or feeling sad, disappointed, or dejected
setbacks
become dejected due to setbacks
emotion
the state of feeling discouraged or dejected
miserable
thoroughly miserable or dejected, showing strong unhappiness
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- French:abattu, ...
- German:niedergeschlagen, ...
- Italian:abbattuto, ...
- Spanish:abatido, ...
- Portuguese:desanimado, ...
- Chinese:沮丧的, ...
- Japanese:落胆した, ...
- Arabic:محبط, ...
- Hebrew:מְדוּכְדָּךְ, ...
- Russian:подавленный, ...
- Ukrainian:пригнічений, ...
- Hindi:निराश, ...
Definition of deject - Reverso English Dictionary
Verb
1.
emotionmake someone feel sad or dispirited
- The news seemed to deject him completely.
2.
humbleDated debase or humble someoneDated
- Criticism can deject even the strongest leaders.
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, ...
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