Meanings
comparative more dejected · superlative most dejected
- Sad and dispirited.
feel dejected
5 more examples
He looked dejected after hearing the bad news.
The team sat dejected in the locker room after their loss.
look dejected
sit dejected and silent
1818, Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs, Philadelphia: T.S. Manning, Volume I, p. 73, I pitied poor Miss Read’s unfortunate situation, who was generally dejected, seldom cheerful, and avoided company […]
Synonyms: dejectable, depressed, despondent, disheartened, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited · Antonyms: hopeful
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of deject
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSad and dispirited.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveaffected or marked by low spirits
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek κατηφής, ἄθυμος
- κατηφής (katēphḗs)sad and dispirited
- ἄθυμος (áthumos)sad and dispirited
Arabic قَانِط, أَسْوَان
- قَانِط (qāniṭ)sad and dispirited
- أَسْوَان (ʔaswān)sad and dispirited
- بَائِس (bāʔis)sad and dispirited
- حَزِين (ḥazīn)sad and dispirited
Bulgarian обезсърчен, унил
- обезсърчен (obezsărčen)sad and dispirited
- унил (unil)sad and dispirited
Catalan capbaix
- capbaixsad and dispirited
Chinese Mandarin 懊喪 /懊丧, 抑鬱 /抑郁
- 懊喪 /懊丧 (àosàng)sad and dispirited
- 抑鬱 /抑郁 (yìyù)sad and dispirited
- 氣餒 /气馁 (qìněi)sad and dispirited
- 灰心 (huīxīn)sad and dispirited
- 沮喪 /沮丧 (jǔsàng)sad and dispirited
- 頹靡 /颓靡 (tuímǐ)sad and dispirited
Czech sklíčený, zkroušený
- sklíčenýsad and dispirited
- zkroušenýsad and dispirited
- skleslýsad and dispirited
Danish nedslået, nedtrykt
- nedslåetsad and dispirited
- nedtryktsad and dispirited
- modløssad and dispirited
Dutch terneergeslagen, neerslachtig
- terneergeslagensad and dispirited
- neerslachtigsad and dispirited
Finnish apea, alakuloinen
- apeasad and dispirited
- alakuloinensad and dispirited
French déprimé, abattu
- déprimésad and dispirited
- abattusad and dispirited
- découragésad and dispirited
German mutlos, niedergeschlagen
- mutlossad and dispirited
- niedergeschlagensad and dispirited
- deprimiertsad and dispirited
- entmutigtsad and dispirited
- betrübtsad and dispirited
- traurigsad and dispirited
Irish ceanníseal, atuirseach
- ceannísealsad and dispirited
- atuirseachsad and dispirited
- scíthsad and dispirited
Italian abbattuto, scoraggiato
- abbattutosad and dispirited
- scoraggiatosad and dispirited
Japanese 落胆した, 失意の
- 落胆した (rakutan-shita)sad and dispirited
- 失意の (shitsui-no)sad and dispirited
- 消然 (shōzen)sad and dispirited
Latin dēiectus
- dēiectussad and dispirited
Māori hākerekere, auwhi
- hākerekeresad and dispirited
- auwhisad and dispirited
Norwegian Bokmål nedslått, nedstemt
- nedslåttsad and dispirited
- nedstemtsad and dispirited
- motløssad and dispirited
- bedrøvetsad and dispirited
- motfallensad and dispirited
Persian نژند, فگار
- نژند (nežand)sad and dispirited
- فگار (fagâr)sad and dispirited
Polish przygnębiony
- przygnębionysad and dispirited
Portuguese abatido, desanimado
- abatidosad and dispirited
- desanimadosad and dispirited
Russian уны́лый, пода́вленный
- уны́лый (unýlyj)sad and dispirited
- пода́вленный (podávlennyj)sad and dispirited
- мра́чный (mráčnyj)sad and dispirited
- удручённый (udručónnyj)sad and dispirited
Slovak skrúšený
- skrúšenýsad and dispirited
Spanish abatido, desanimado
- abatidosad and dispirited
- desanimadosad and dispirited
- marridosad and dispirited
- amarridosad and dispirited
- apocoyadosad and dispirited
Swedish nedslagen, nedstämd
- nedslagensad and dispirited
- nedstämdsad and dispirited
Turkish kederli
- kederlisad and dispirited
Ukrainian пригні́чений
- пригні́чений (pryhníčenyj)sad and dispirited
Vietnamese chán nản
- chán nảnsad and dispirited
Welsh penisel, pendrwm
- peniselsad and dispirited
- pendrwmsad and dispirited
- pendristsad and dispirited
- digalonsad and dispirited
- tristsad and dispirited
Cite this entry
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