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Synonyms 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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. dejected

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

    Antonyms:
    elated, inspirited, blithe, gay, cheerful

Princeton's WordNet2.3 / 4 votes

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes4.0 / 2 votes

  1. dejectedadjective

    Synonyms:
    disheartened, dispirited, discouraged, depressed, down-hearted, down-cast, despondent, cast down, chap-fallen, crest-fallen, down in the mouth

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#12913depressed
#25291melancholy
#28701gloomy
#80907dejected
#81752downcast
#84992disheartened
#88648despondent
#147160dispirited

How to use dejected in a sentence?

  1. Richard Daugherty:

    They look at you and carry on eating grass, and you think, 'aw, you know, what have I done wrong?' You almost feel dejected that you aren't needed anymore.

  2. 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.

  3. Henry Fielding:

    He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatest of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter.

  4. Richard Daugherty:

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

  5. Clint Bowyer:

    I knew last year I'm weird about thinking but when we blew up at the start of the year at the Daytona 500, I knew something just didn't feel right because we've always been able to come down here and run pretty good and get the year started off right and leave here with momentum and excitement and confidence, we were all dejected leaving the first race so that was not very good.


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  • قانط, بائس, أسوان, حزينArabic
  • deprimiert, entmutigt, mutlos, niedergeschlagenGerman
  • malhonoritaEsperanto
  • desanimado, abatido, desalentadoSpanish
  • abattu, découragé, dépriméFrench
  • ceannísealIrish
  • abbattuto, scoraggiatoItalian
  • מְדוּכָּאHebrew
  • 落胆した, 失意の, 忌まわしい, 消然Japanese
  • nedslåttNorwegian
  • удручённый, унылый, подавленный, мрачныйRussian
  • nedslagenSwedish
  • 垂头丧气Chinese

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