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de·ject·ed

   [dih-jek-tid]
adjective
depressed in spirits; disheartened; low-spirited: The dejected expression on the face of the loser spoiled my victory.
Origin:
1575–85; deject + -ed2

Related forms
de·ject·ed·ly, adverb
de·ject·ed·ness, noun
qua·si-de·ject·ed, adjective
qua·si-de·ject·ed·ly, adverb
un·de·ject·ed, adjective
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un·de·ject·ed·ly, adverb
un·de·ject·ed·ness, noun
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Synonyms
discouraged, despondent, dispirited, downhearted, unhappy, miserable.

Antonyms
happy.

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  • Exhausted and dejected, we all went to bed early.
  • One day, dad came home from work totally dejected.
  • More dejected than a crawdad without his craw.
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de·ject

   [dih-jekt]
verb (used with object)
1.
to depress the spirits of; dispirit; dishearten: Such news dejects me.
adjective
2.
Archaic. dejected; downcast.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English dejecten (v.) < Latin dējectus (past participle of dējicere to throw down), equivalent to dē- de- + -jec-, combining form of jacere to throw + -tus past participle suffix
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dejected (dɪˈdʒɛktɪd)
 
—adj
miserable; despondent; downhearted
 
de'jectedly
 
—adv
 
de'jectedness
 
—n

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deject
early 15c., from L. dejectus, pp. of deicere "to cast down," from de- "down" + -icere, comb. form of jacere "to throw." Originally literal; the sense of "depress in spirit" is mid-15c. Related: Dejectedly (1610s).
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dejected
"depressed at heart," 1580s, pp. adj. from deject (q.v.).
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