Dejection
[dɪ'dʒekʃ(ə)n] or [dɪ'dʒɛkʃən]
Definition
(n.) A casting down; depression.
(n.) The act of humbling or abasing one's self.
(n.) Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy.
(n.) A low condition; weakness; inability.
(n.) The discharge of excrement.
(n.) Faeces; excrement.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Depression, despondency, sadness, melancholy, gloom, dumps, blues, lowness of spirits.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See DEJECTED]
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Examples
- Hopkins's brow was clouded, and he sat down with an air of deep dejection. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In deep dejection Mr. Snagsby sits down on his stool, with his back against his desk, protesting, I never had a secret of my own, sir. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If, in the moments I and my pupil spent with him, I lacked spirits and sank into inevitable dejection, he became even gay. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Many of his vassals had assembled at the news of his death, and followed the bier with all the external marks, at least, of dejection and sorrow. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- In this mood of self-approval she had a sympathetic eye for others, and she was struck by her friend's air of dejection. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It would not be likely to produce that dejection of mind which frequently attended him. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- His dejection was most evident. Jane Austen. Emma.
- These paroxysms pass from him like a cloud from before the sun, though his dejection never leaves him. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- One evening, he was sitting, in utter dejection and prostration, by a few decaying brands, where his coarse supper was baking. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The striking of the clock aroused me, but not from my dejection or remorse, and I got up and had my coat fastened round my neck, and went out. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I said, affecting dejection. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The dejection was almost universal. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Her mind did become settled, but it was settled in a gloomy dejection. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I sighed; but my father kindly forbore to question me further concerning the cause of my dejection. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The face, though not beautiful, was pleasing; pale, young, and shaded with the dejection of grief or ill health. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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