dejected
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dejected
- /dɪˈdʒɛktəd/ UK
Where it comes from
From deject + -ed.
adjective more dejected · most dejected
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Sad and dispirited.
He looked dejected after hearing the bad news.
Similar: dejectable, depressed, despondent, disheartened, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless · Opposite: hopeful
verb
- simple past and past participle of deject
Translations
Every language
adj sad and dispirited
| Español | abatido, desanimado, marrido, amarrido, apocoyado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 落胆した rakutan-shita, 失意の shitsui-no, 消然 shōzen |
| 中文 | 懊喪 /懊丧 àosàng, 抑鬱 /抑郁 yìyù, 氣餒 /气馁 qìněi, 灰心 huīxīn, 沮喪 /沮丧 jǔsàng, 頹靡 /颓靡 tuímǐ |
| Português | abatido, desanimado |
| Français | déprimé, abattu, découragé |
| Deutsch | mutlos, niedergeschlagen, deprimiert, entmutigt, betrübt, traurig |
| Italiano | abbattuto, scoraggiato |
| Русский | уны́лый unýlyj, пода́вленный podávlennyj, мра́чный mráčnyj, удручённый udručónnyj |
| Tiếng Việt | chán nản |
| العربية | قَانِط qāniṭ, أَسْوَان ʔaswān, بَائِس bāʔis, حَزِين ḥazīn |
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howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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