English Explanatory Dictionary

dejected

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Sad and dispirited.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of deject

Pronunciation

/dɪˈdʒɛktəd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-dejected.wav

Word forms

dejected more dejected most dejected

Etymology

From deject + -ed.

Synonyms

dejectable depressed despondent disheartened atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless dispirited blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen crestfallen cut up damp dejected disgruntled disconsolate dismal doleful dolesome down down in the dumps down in the mouth downcast downhearted downsome dull elegiac elegious forlorn gloomy glum grief-stricken grieving heavy-hearted heartsore heartsick inconsolable infelicitous jawfallen joyless lachrymose lamentful low low-spirited lugubrious lumpish melancholic melancholy miserable moody mopey morose mournful passionate plaintive Plutonian Plutonic

Antonyms

hopeful

Derived words

dejectedly dejectedness undejected
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