dejected

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. affected or marked by low spirits“is dejected but trying to look cheerful”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Deject \De*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Dejecting.] [L. dejectus, p. p. of dejicere to throw down; de- + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]

1.To cast down. [Obs. or Archaic] [1913 Webster]

Christ dejected himself even unto the hells.— Udall.[1913 Webster]
Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look.— Fuller.[1913 Webster]

2.To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten. [1913 Webster]

Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind.— Pope.[1913 Webster]
Dejected \De*ject"ed\, a. Cast down; afflicted; low-spirited; sad; as, a dejected look or countenance. -- De*ject"ed*ly, adv. -- De*ject"ed*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
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