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adjective

Dejected adj. Cast down; afflicted; low-spirited; sad; as, a dejected look or countenance.

verb

Deject v. t. (past & past part. dejected; pres. part. dejecting)

To cast down. (Obs. or Archaic) "Christ dejected himself even unto the hells." "Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look."

To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten. "Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind."

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Etymology of 'Dejected'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dejected" Quotes from Famous Books

... old and its replacement by the new. They were not buoyed up by the elasticity and confidence of youth; they seemed to realize that their race was run and that it were better that they step aside and give to younger men the task of solving a new problem in a new way. They sat perfectly still with dejected faces that seemed to ...

— L. P. M. - The End of the Great War • J. Stewart Barney

... empty-handed from any kind of chase was so surprising that we all turned round for the explanation. Dermott was looking very dejected. This was evidently a blow ...

— The Right Stuff - Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton • Ian Hay

... and dejected, whilst he dressed himself in the uniform belonging to the almshouse. Before they parted, they all agreed to meet at this place that day twelvemonth, and to bring with them the earnings of the year; they ...

— Tales & Novels, Vol. 2 • Maria Edgeworth

... at once to their abode, and my two friends joined me beneath the tree. Peter sat down at the foot of the oak, and said nothing. Supper was brought by a servant, not the damsel of the porch. We sat round the tray, Peter said grace, but scarcely anything else; he appeared sad and dejected, his wife looked anxiously upon him. I was as silent as my friends; after a little time we retired to our separate ...

— Lavengro - The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest • George Borrow

... impudently persisted in her affirmation to the astonishment of all the assembly. So that ... the church with one consent cast her out.... After she was excommunicated her spirit, which seemed before to be somewhat dejected, revived again and she gloried in her sufferings." [Footnote: Winthrop, i. 258.] And all this time she had been alone; ...

— The Emancipation of Massachusetts • Brooks Adams

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