Deject \De*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dejected; p. pr. & vb.
n. Dejecting.] [L. dejectus, p. p. of dejicere to throw
down; de- + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]
1. To cast down. [Obs. or Archaic]
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Christ dejected himself even unto the hells.
--Udall.
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Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming
civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a
modest look. --Fuller.
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2. To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage;
to dishearten.
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Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. --Pope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dejected \De*ject"ed\, a.
Cast down; afflicted; low-spirited; sad; as, a dejected look
or countenance. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dejected
adj : affected or marked by low spirits; "is dejected but trying
to look cheerful" [ant: elated]
WordNet (r) 2.0
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "dejected":
beetle-browed, black, black-browed, blue, bowed-down, cast down,
crestfallen, dark, dashed, depressed, despairing, despondent,
desponding, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited,
dour, down, downcast, downhearted, drooping, droopy, dumpish,
feeling low, forlorn, frowning, gloomy, glowering, glum, grim,
grum, heartbroken, heartless, hypochondriac, hypochondriacal,
in low spirits, in the depths, in the doldrums, in the dumps,
languishing, low, low-spirited, lowering, melancholy, miserable,
moodish, moody, mopey, moping, mopish, morose, mumpish,
pessimistic, pining, sad, scowling, sorrowful, spiritless, subdued,
suicidal, sulky, sullen, surly, unhappy, weary of life, woebegone,
world-weary
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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