'Dejected' definitions:
Definition of 'dejected'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Affected or marked by low spirits; "is dejected but trying to look cheerful" [ant: elated]
Definition of 'Dejected'
From: GCIDE
- Dejected \De*ject"ed\, a. Cast down; afflicted; low-spirited; sad; as, a dejected look or countenance. -- {De*ject"ed*ly}, adv. -- {De*ject"ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dejected'
From: GCIDE
- Deject \De*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Dejecting.] [L. dejectus, p. p. of dejicere to throw down; de- + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]
- 1. To cast down. [Obs. or Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- Christ dejected himself even unto the hells. --Udall. [1913 Webster]
- Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten. [1913 Webster]
- Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dejected'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- beetle-browed,
- black,
- black-browed,
- blue,
- bowed-down,
- cast down,
- crestfallen,
- dark,
- dashed,
- depressed,
- despairing,
- despondent,
- desponding,
- disconsolate,
- discouraged,
- disheartened,
- dispirited,
- dour,
- down,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- drooping,
- droopy,
- dumpish,
- feeling low,
- forlorn,
- frowning,
- gloomy,
- glowering,
- glum,
- grim,
- grum,
- heartbroken,
- heartless,
- hypochondriac,
- hypochondriacal,
- in low spirits,
- in the depths,
- in the doldrums,
- in the dumps,
- languishing,
- low,
- low-spirited,
- lowering,
- melancholy,
- miserable,
- moodish,
- moody,
- mopey,
- moping,
- mopish,
- morose,
- mumpish,
- pessimistic,
- pining,
- sad,
- scowling,
- sorrowful,
- spiritless,
- subdued,
- suicidal,
- sulky,
- sullen,
- surly,
- unhappy,
- weary of life,
- woebegone,
- world-weary