Definition of Rejected

1. Adjective. Rebuffed (by a lover) without warning. "Jilted at the altar"

Exact synonyms: Jilted, Spurned
Similar to: Unloved

Definition of Rejected

1. Verb. (past of reject) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rejected

1. reject [v] - See also: reject

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rejected

reivers
reives
reiving
rejacket
rejacketed
rejacketing
rejackets
rejail
rejailed
rejailing
rejails
reject
rejectable
rejectamenta
rejectaneous
rejected (current term)
rejected takeoff
rejectee
rejectees
rejecter
rejecters
rejectest
rejecteth
rejecting
rejectingly
rejection
rejection letter
rejection letters
rejectionism
rejectionist

Literary usage of Rejected

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"IOWA: 1844 (rejected); 1846; 1857 (Amendments of 1900 were held to be ... MASSACHUSETTS: 1777-78 (rejected, wherefore the State lived under its colonial ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"IOWA: 1844 (rejected); 1846; 1857 (Amendments of 1900 were held to be ... MASSACHUSETTS: 1777-78 (rejected, wherefore the State lived under its colonial ..."

3. Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard Collegeby Harvard College Observatory by Harvard College Observatory (1901)
"7 43.84: On JD 3963, residual 02 rejected. Uncertain which star was observed. ... D. 3267, residual 120 rejected for discordance. Probably affected by low ..."

4. Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift (1894)
"He makes a Proposal of much advantage to the King, which is rejected. The King's great Ignorance in Politicks. The Learning of that Countrey very imperfect ..."

5. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"... is rejected by him; (5) the contemptuous and at the same time euphemistic manner in which here as below (iii. ..."

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