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dɪˈdʒɛktde·ject

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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoraliseverb
lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
"These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"

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dejectverb
Make sad or dispirited.
"I pitied poor Miss Read's unfortunate situation. She was generally dejected, seldom cheerful, and avoided company" -Benjamin Franklin

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Dejectadjective
Cast down; afflicted; low-spirited.
Etymology: dejectus, Latin.
I am of ladies most deject and wretched,
That suck’d the honey of his musick vows. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.
To DEJECTverb
Etymology: dejicio, Latin.
1. To cast down; to afflict; to grieve; to depress; to sink; to discourage, to crush.
Well, I am your theme; you have the start of me; I am dejected; ignorance itself is a plummet o’er me; use me as you will. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

The lowest, most dejected thing of fortune,
Stands still in esperance; lives not in fear! William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

Nor think to die, dejects my lofty mind;
All that I dread is leaving you behind! Alexander Pope, R. of the Lock.
2. To change the form with grief; to make to look sad.
Eneas here beheld, of form divine,
A godlike youth in glitt’ring armour shine,
With great Marcellus keeping equal pace;
But gloomy were his eyes, dejected was his face. John Dryden, Æn.

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deject
Deject is a verb that generally refers to the action of making someone feel unhappy or disheartened, often resulting in lowered morale or spirit. This can include actions, words, or circumstances that lead to feelings of sadness, discouragement, or depression.

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Dejectverb
to cast down
Dejectverb
to cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten
Dejectadjective
dejected
Etymology: [L. dejectus, p. p.]

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Deject
de-jekt′, v.t. to cast down the countenance or spirits of.—adj. (Shak.) cast down.—adj. Deject′ed, cast down: dispirited.—adv. Deject′edly.—ns. Deject′edness; Dejec′tion, lowness of spirits: (pl.) fæcal discharge (also dejecta).—adj. Dejec′tory, promoting evacuations. [L. dejicĕre, -jectum—de, down, jacĕre, to cast.]

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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Deject in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Deject in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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^ Wiktionary
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^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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^ Webster Dictionary
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^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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^ Usage in printed sources
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обезсърчавамBulgarian
niedergeschlagenGerman
depresarIdo
ontmoedigenDutch
chán nảnVietnamese

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Definitions for Dejectdɪˈdʒɛktde·ject

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