deject

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

From Old French dejeter, from Latin dēiectus, past participle of dēicere (“to throw down”), from dē- (“from, down from”) + iacere (“to throw”).

When is she dejected or melancholy? — Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen
We went to bed greatly dejected. — David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
Dejected. Cast down in spirit; discouraged. — Orthography : $b as outlined in the state course of study for Illinois : seventh and eighth years, Elmer W. (Elmer Warren) Cavins

depress, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise

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