dejected (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *dejected*:
ADJECTIVE	all	dejected	affected or marked by low spirits

dejected > pronunciation
Sounds	dihjheh'ktihd
Rhymes	abbreviated ... wrongheaded: 610 rhymes with ihd...

English > *dejected*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	affected or marked by low spirits.
Example	"is dejected but trying to look cheerful"
Narrower	amort	utterly cast down
	chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen, deflated	Brought low in spirit
	gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited	Filled with melancholy and despondency
	glum	Moody and melancholic
	lonely, lonesome	marked by dejection from being alone
See also	dysphoric, distressed, unhappy	Generalized feeling of distress
See also	unhappy	Experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
Opposite	elated	exultantly proud and joyful
Spanish	abatido, apenado, decaído, desalentado, desanimado
Catalan	abatut, decaigut, desanimat, moix
Adverbs	dejectedly	in a dejected manner

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