Antonyms for dejected
dɪˈdʒɛk tɪdde·ject·ed

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1. dejectedadjective

   Synonyms:
   disheartened, down in the mouth, despondent

2. dejectedadjective

   Sad and dispirited.

   Synonyms:
   disheartened, down in the mouth, despondent

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1. dejected

   Antonyms:
   elated, inspirited, blithe, gay, cheerful

   Synonyms:
   dispirited, gloomy, melancholy, desponding, depressed, downcast, low-spirited

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1. dejectedadjective

   affected or marked by low spirits

   "is dejected but trying to look cheerful"

   Antonyms:
   jubilant, in high spirits, exulting, exhilarated, triumphant, gladdened, uplifted, prideful, sublime, elated, exultant, rejoicing, triumphal, high

How to use dejected in a sentence?

1. Burt Ward:

   The studio said ‘[ABC] doesn’t want you to do it… We’ve got the hottest show on television, and we don’t want to dilute you doing something else, so you can’t do it,’ i was really dejected. I thought I should do this. So I called Larry and... I told him I wanted to do it so badly, but I can’t. He said, ‘Don’t worry about it. It’s a small movie.’ By the way, the name of the movie was ‘The Graduate.’ When they couldn’t get me, they got another young actor name Dustin Hoffman.

2. Bernie Sanders:

   Dejected Democrats's going to have a lot of explaining to do to the people of West Virginia to tell them why Dejected Democrats doesn't have the guts to take on the drug companies to lower the cost of prescription drugs ; why Dejected Democrats is not prepared to expand home health care.

3. Richard Daugherty:

   And you think, 'aw, you know, what have I done wrong?' You almost feel dejected that you aren't needed anymore.

4. Ade Olayinka:

   It's shocking how common my story is, i called the Board of Elections, even after I had bought my ticket, just to see if they would be able to send it to me on time. The woman I spoke to sounded so tired, and so dejected. They're all just so overwhelmed.

5. Milan Badelj:

   They ruined our holidays because of that game in June and we were frustrated and dejected. We want to make amends for that loss.

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