dejected

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /dɪˈdʒɛktəd/

Adjective

dejected

1. Sad and dispirited.
   • 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

• disheartened, down in the mouth
• despondent

Antonyms

• hopeful

Translations

• French: déprimé, abattu, découragé
• German: mutlos, niedergeschlagen, deprimiert, entmutigt, betrübt, traurig
• Italian: abbattuto, scoraggiato
• Portuguese: abatido
• Russian: уны́лый
• Spanish: abatido, desalentado, desanimado

Verb

1. Simple past tense and past participle of deject

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