verb
definition
Make sad or dispirited.
definition
To cast down.
adjective
definition
Sad and dispirited.
Examples of dejected in a Sentence
Connor responded with a dejected, "Hi."
The despairing, dejected expression of Natasha's face caught his eye.
I put the phone down and felt quite dejected.
Kutuzov, dejected and frowning, sat on a bench by the bridge toying with his whip in the sand when a caleche dashed up noisily.
Rhyn stopped in front of the dejected angel's cell.
The tray swerved passed leaving me feeling very dejected.
When she started fussing, Alex dropped his arms, looking dejected.
The poor fellow went away very dejected, and the Holy Father continued his walk.
The players are in front of us celebrating, Palace fans stand around looking dejected.
Helicopter there and back - five hours. ' He is not dejected for many seconds.
The Troubadour and his four musical animal friends leave the city somewhat dejected.
Hill, who looked pretty dejected at the count, is a mature student at Lancaster university.
Then he returned toward the encampment with a somewhat dejected air.
When you feel little or no inward devotion, you should especially humiliate yourself, but do not become too dejected or unreasonably sad.
On all sides they saw rain-soaked officers with dejected faces who seemed to be seeking something, and soldiers dragging doors, benches, and fencing from the village.
Within a week of the opening of Parliament he bounded into fame by a sparkling maiden speech in a Tariff Reform debate - a speech conceived in a confident fighting spirit, calculated to cheer dejected partisans, and full of wit and epigram.
Molenaar picked up an injury and looked totally dejected (as well as being injured) as he went off.
She hated to see her father so dejected and sort of haunted looking.
And, therefore, we find the most holy men most dejected and humbled in prayer.
We plodded on for a few more months but were becoming more and more dejected, and then we discussed ending the venture.
All their faces looked dejected, and they all shunned one another's eyes--only a de Beausset could fail to grasp the meaning of what was happening.
In reply to the count's anxious inquiries as to why she was so dejected and whether anything had happened to her betrothed, she assured him that nothing had happened and asked him not to worry.
After spending a short time at Woolwich to complete his military education, he made a tour through Spain in 1787; and then, dejected by unrequited love for his cousin Georgina Lennox (afterwards Lady Bathurst), he sailed for New Brunswick to join the 54th regiment with the rank of major.
If your mood is quite dejected, bomb Iraq.