dejected
adjUK /dɪˈdʒɛktəd/
Etymology From deject + -ed.
1
Sad and dispirited.
- He looked dejected after hearing the bad news.
- The team sat dejected in the locker room after their loss.
4 more examples
- feel dejected
- look dejected
- sit dejected and silent
- 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 […]
- Derived terms
- dejectedly, dejectedness, undejected