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    deject
    /dɪˈdʒɛkt/

    verb

    • 1. make sad or dispirited; depress: archaic "nothing dejects a trader like the interruption of his profits"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › dejectDeject Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    : to make gloomy. Synonyms. Verb. bum (out) burden. dash. depress. get down. oppress. sadden. weigh down. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of deject in a Sentence.

  3. www.dictionary.com › browse › dejectDEJECT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Deject definition: to depress the spirits of; dispirit; dishearten. See examples of DEJECT used in a sentence.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDEJECT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    2 meanings: 1. to have a depressing effect on; dispirit; dishearten 2. archaic downcast; dejected.... Click for more definitions.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › dejectDeject - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    To deject is to make someone feel really, really sad. Few things will deject you more than losing your very favorite scarf — the one your grandmother knit — on the subway.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDEJECTED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    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)

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › dejectDeject - definition of deject by The Free Dictionary

    Define deject. deject synonyms, deject pronunciation, deject translation, English dictionary definition of deject. tr.v. de·ject·ed , de·ject·ing , de·jects To lower the spirits of; dishearten. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition....

  8. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › dejectdeject - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Jun 2, 2024 · deject (third-person singular simple present dejects, present participle dejecting, simple past and past participle dejected) Make sad or dispirited.

  9. www.yourdictionary.com › dejectDeject Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    dejects. To cast down in spirit; dishearten; depress. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Make sad or dispirited. Wiktionary. Fuller. Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look. Wiktionary.

  10. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › dejectDEJECT Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster

    Synonyms for DEJECT: depress, trouble, oppress, burden, worry, sadden, bum (out), torture; Antonyms of DEJECT: rejoice, assure, lighten, brighten, gladden, cheer (up), enliven, buoy.

  11. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryDEJECTED | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    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.