dejected

dejected
Synonyms and related words:
beetle-browed, black, black-browed, blue, bowed-down, cast down, crestfallen, dark, dashed, depressed, despairing, despondent, desponding, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited, dour, down, downcast, downhearted, drooping, droopy, dumpish, feeling low, forlorn, frowning, gloomy, glowering, glum, grim, grum, heartbroken, heartless, hypochondriac, hypochondriacal, in low spirits, in the depths, in the doldrums, in the dumps, languishing, low, low-spirited, lowering, melancholy, miserable, moodish, moody, mopey, moping, mopish, morose, mumpish, pessimistic, pining, sad, scowling, sorrowful, spiritless, subdued, suicidal, sulky, sullen, surly, unhappy, weary of life, woebegone, world-weary

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую
Synonyms:
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,


Look at other dictionaries:

  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dejected — index despondent, disappointed, disconsolate, lugubrious, pessimistic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • dejected — depressed at heart, 1580s, pp. adj. from DEJECT (Cf. deject). Related: Dejectedly (1610s) …   Etymology dictionary

  • dejected — depressed, dispirited, *downcast, disconsolate, woebegone Analogous words: weighed down, oppressed (see DEPRESS): *despondent, forlorn, hopeless: morose, glum, gloomy (see SULLEN) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • dejected — [adj] depressed, blue abject, all torn up*, atrabilious, black, bleak, broody, bummed out*, cast down, cheerless, clouded, crestfallen, dampened, dashed, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dismal, dispirited, doleful, down,… …   New thesaurus

  • dejected — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ sad and dispirited. DERIVATIVES dejectedly adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • dejected — [dē jek′tid, dijek′tid] adj. in low spirits; depressed; disheartened SYN. SAD dejectedly adv. dejectedness n …   English World dictionary

  • dejected — adj. dejected to + inf. (he was dejected to learn that he had failed the examination) * * * [dɪ dʒektɪd] dejected to + inf. (he was dejected to learn that he had failed the examination) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • dejected — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, feel, look ▪ She looked sorrowful and dejected. ▪ become, grow ADVERB …   Collocations dictionary

  • Dejected — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dejected — de|ject|ed [ dı dʒektəd ] adjective someone who is dejected has lost all their hope or enthusiasm, especially because they have failed at something: They sat in silence, looking tired and dejected …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”