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dejectto make someone feel sad, dispirited, or depressed

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to make someone feel sad, dispirited, or depressed

Pronunciation (IPA): /dɪˈdʒekt/

Korean meaning: 낙담시키다, 의기소침하게 만들다

Korean pronunciation: 디**젝**트

Example Sentences

  • My cat looked completely dejected when I ran out of treats.
  • The rain dejected the outdoor wedding party.
  • He walked home with dejected steps after losing the game.

deject

VERB

//dɪˈdʒekt//

to make someone feel sad, dispirited, or depressed

deject concept
💡 Concept

The harsh teacher's criticism dejects the hopeful young student completely

deject rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

When they reject your project, spirits deject!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/dɪˈdʒekt/
🇬🇧 UK/dɪˈdʒekt/

🌳Etymology

Prefixde--
Rootject

Origin

From Latin deicere, meaning 'to throw down' or 'to cast down.' The word evolved from the literal sense of throwing something downward to the figurative meaning of casting down one's spirits or mood.

🎵Rhyme

rejectobjectsubjectprojectinject
reject
object
subject
project
inject

🔗Collocations

dejected mood
dejected expression
feel dejected
dejected appearance
dejected silence
utterly dejected

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My cat looked completely dejected when I ran out of treats.

The rain dejected the outdoor wedding party.

He walked home with dejected steps after losing the game.

😄 Fun example

Even my pizza looked dejected when I dropped it cheese-side down.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

discouragedisheartendepressdispiritdemoralize

Antonyms

encouragecheeruplift

Related

dejectiondejecteddejectedly

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