dejected

4 definitions found

dejected - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]
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              Christ dejected himself even unto the hells.
                                                    --Udall.
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              Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming
              civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a
              modest look.                          --Fuller.
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     2. To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage;
        to dishearten.
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              Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. --Pope.
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  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.
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dejected - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dejected
      adj 1: affected or marked by low spirits; "is dejected but
             trying to look cheerful" [ant: elated]

dejected - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  68 Moby Thesaurus words for "dejected":
     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