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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)
Dejected definition: depressed in spirits; disheartened; low-spirited. See examples of DEJECTED used in a sentence.
The meaning of DEJECTED is low in spirits : depressed. How to use dejected in a sentence.
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.
noun. Word Frequency. dejected in American English. (diˈdʒɛktɪd ; dɪˈdʒɛktɪd ) adjective. in low spirits; depressed; disheartened. SIMILAR WORDS: sad. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Derived forms. dejectedly (deˈjectedly) adverb. dejectedness (deˈjectedness)
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.
Definition of dejected adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
