dejected

== English == === Etymology === From deject + -ed. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈdʒɛktəd/ === Adjective === dejected (comparative more dejected, superlative most dejected) Sad and dispirited. Synonyms: (rare) dejectable, depressed, despondent, disheartened; see also Thesaurus:sad Antonym: hopeful 1818, Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs, Philadelphia: T.S. Manning, Volume I, p. 73,[1] I pitied poor Miss Read’s unfortunate situation, who was generally dejected, seldom cheerful, and avoided company […] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === dejected simple past and past participle of deject ==== References ==== “dejected”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.