dejected
pronunciation
How to pronounce dejected in British English:
UK [dɪˈdʒektɪd]
How to pronounce dejected in American English:
US [dɪˈdʒektɪd]
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- Adjective:
- affected or marked by low spirits
Word Origin
- dejected (adj.)
- "depressed at heart," 1580s, past participle adjective from deject. Related: Dejectedly (1610s).
Synonym
Example
- 1. Villages filled with horny , dejected men .
- 2. The figure slowed to a stop and stood there , lost and dejected .
- 3. While lomas was beavering away a dejected diamond was going for dinner with his wife and daughter in manhattan .
- 4. I had visions of women sprinting across rice fields , veils rippling in the wind . Villages filled with horny , dejected men .
- 5. In retrospect , I was a sad little boy and a standard-issue , shiftless , egotistical , dejected teen-ager .