dejection
pronunciation
How to pronounce dejection in British English:
UK [dɪˈdʒekʃn]
How to pronounce dejection in American English:
US [dɪˈdʒɛkʃən]
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- Noun:
- a state of melancholy depression
- solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
Word Origin
- dejection (n.)
- early 15c., from Old French dejection "abjection, depravity; casting down" and directly from Latin dejectionem (nominative dejectio), noun of action from past participle stem of dejicere "to cast down" (see deject).
Example
- 1. She walked about listlessly , humming to herself in dejection .
- 2. In a moment of deep dejection she thought of taking her own life .
- 3. This year I need february . Even now , at the end of january , it is as if the city has noticed my dejection , has said , " you too ? "
- 4. Not that this was fickleness of soul ; but hopes cut in twain by dejection -- that was her case .
- 5. Having run through possible diagnoses of the macaw 's condition , I decided his dejection could only have been brought on by the dismal surroundings in which he was living - hidden away in a drab , dark lounge , his perch tucked in one corner behind heavy curtains .