dejected

Borrowed from Latin deicio.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈdʒɛktəd/

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dejected (comparative more dejected, superlative most dejected)

1. Sad and dispirited.

   Synonyms: (rare) dejectable, depressed, despondent, disheartened; see also Thesaurus:sad

   Antonym: hopeful

   • 1818, Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs, Philadelphia: T.S. Manning, Volume I, p. 73,^[1]

     I pitied poor Miss Read’s unfortunate situation, who was generally dejected, seldom cheerful, and avoided company […]

dejected

1. simple past and past participle of deject

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