Deject
[dɪ'dʒekt]
Definition
(v. t.) To cast down.
(v. t.) To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten.
(a.) Dejected.
Checker: Micawber
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Dishearten, dispirit, discourage, depress, make despondent, make sad.
Typist: Toni
Definition
v.t. to cast down the countenance or spirits of.—adj. (Shak.) cast down.—adj. Deject′ed cast down: dispirited.—adv. Deject′edly.—ns. Deject′edness; Dejec′tion lowness of spirits: (pl.) féŽal discharge (also dejecta).—adj. Dejec′tory promoting evacuations.
Typist: Sonia
Examples
- Anger and hatred bestow a new force on all our thoughts and actions; while humility and shame deject and discourage us. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The other teachers, poor things, were generally themselves too much dejected to attempt the task of cheering others. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- A minute ago, the boy had looked the quiet child, mild, dejected creature that harsh treatment had made him. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- She crept to her couch, chill and dejected. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Everything was bowed down, dejected, oppressed, and broken. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He was for ever busy; and the only check to his enjoyments was my sorrowful and dejected mien. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Sometimes I joined him; at such times his countenance was invariably solemn, his air dejected. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He was pale and dejected, stained with dust, and exhausted with hunger and fatigue. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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