Definition of Dejected

1. Adjective. Affected or marked by low spirits. "Is dejected but trying to look cheerful"


Definition of Dejected

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

Definition of Dejected

1. Adjective. Sad and dispirited. ¹

2. Verb. (past of deject) ¹

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Definition of Dejected

1. deject [v] - See also: deject

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dejected

deists
deiterospinal tract
deiters nucleus
deities
deity
deitylike
deixes
deixis
deixises
deja voulu
deja vu
deja vu phenomenon
deja vus
deject
dejected (current term)
dejectedly
dejectedness
dejectednesses
dejecter
dejecters
dejecting
dejections
dejectly
dejectory
dejects
dejectures
dejeration

Literary usage of Dejected

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

1. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1839)
"A minute ago the boy had looked the quiet, mild, dejected creature that harsh treatment had made him. But his spirit was roused at last; the cruel insult to ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"On his return, ' mightily dejected,' Clarke was denied audience of the duke, and found himself shunned by every one at court (ib. 1628-9, p. 134). ..."

3. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"... her visage ès dejected, nay, od altered ; and, perusing , I might behold the colour of her fresh ..."

4. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1843)
"But when Nicias approved the advice, and would have manned out the galleys, the mariners refused to go aboard: as being not only dejected with their defeat, ..."

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