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   dejected

   /dɪˈdʒɛktɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. sad and depressed; dispirited: "he stood in the street looking dejected"

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   • 1. dejectedly adverb

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   What does dejected mean?

   • Pick the best words! Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli... The meaning of DEJECTED is low in spirits : depressed. How to use dejected in a sentence.

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   What is dejected adjective?

   • Definition of dejected adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary unhappy and disappointed synonym despondent She looked so dejected when she lost the game. Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press!

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   What is the root word of deject?

   • From Old French dejeter, from Latin deicere (“to throw down”) . deject (third-person singular simple present dejects, present participle dejecting, simple past and past participle dejected) ( transitive) Make sad or dispirited . ( obsolete, transitive) To cast downward . To debase or humble . deject (plural dejects) One who is lowly or abject .

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   Why do disabled people become dejected?

   • They are depressed, dejected and prone to drug addiction. And as occupation is essential for the happiness of all disabled people, they also become dejected and frustrated. One saw a dejected man and an unhappy wife, with a grievance. The people who have lived there for the whole of their lives have become thoroughly and totally dejected.

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   Why did William feel dejected?

   • William felt dejected because he had sprained his ankle and had to sit out the game. Throughout this long histrionic scene, the hero wanders dejected, consciencestricken, isolated from all other humans. Insufficient stress, on the other hand, acts as a depressant and may leave us feeling bored and dejected.

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   Why do people still feel dejected about the economy?

   • Recent Examples on the Web Yet people remain dejected about the economy, according to the University of Michigan’s Index of Consumer Sentiment. Josh Boak, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023 Loneliness is on the rise in the American workforce and may be a major reason so many people feel dejected and uninspired at their desks.

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   Definitions of dejected. adjective. affected or marked by low spirits. “is dejected but trying to look cheerful” synonyms: amort. utterly cast down. chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen, deflated. brought low in spirit. blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited.

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