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- Dictionarydejected/dɪˈdʒɛktɪd/
adjective
- 1. sad and depressed; dispirited: "he stood in the street looking dejected"
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unhappy, disappointed, or without hope: She looked a bit dejected when they told her she didn't get the job. Synonyms. blue (SAD) informal. depressed. despondent. dispirited. doleful. dolorous literary. downcast. downhearted. down in the dumps. gloomy. glum informal. low-spirited. melancholy. miserable (UNHAPPY) mournful. plaintive. sad (NOT HAPPY)
unhappy, disappointed, or without hope: She looked a little dejected when they told her she didn't get the job. Synonyms. blue (SAD) informal. depressed. despondent. dispirited. doleful. dolorous literary. downcast. downhearted. down in the dumps. gloomy. glum informal. low-spirited. melancholy. miserable (UNHAPPY) mournful. plaintive.
1. : low in spirits : depressed. The team was dejected after the loss. 2. a. obsolete : downcast. her eyes dejected and her hair unbound Alexander Pope. b. archaic : thrown down. 3. obsolete : lowered in rank or condition. the dejected state wherein he is Shakespeare. dejectedly adverb. dejectedness noun. Synonyms. bad. blue. brokenhearted.
Dejected definition: depressed in spirits; disheartened; low-spirited. See examples of DEJECTED used in a sentence.
Definitions of dejected. adjective. affected or marked by low spirits. “is dejected but trying to look cheerful” synonyms: amort. utterly cast down. chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen, deflated. brought low in spirit. blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited.
DEJECTION definition: 1. the feeling of being unhappy, disappointed, or without hope: 2. the feeling of being unhappy…. Learn more.
Definition of dejected adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
