dejected
51melancholy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dejected, dispirited, sad, depressed, blue (inf.). See dejection. Ant., happy. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Sad; said of persons ] Syn. depressed, unhappy, dispirited; see sad 1 . 2. [Depressing; said …
52dispirited — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. dejected, depressed, disheartened; see sad 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. dejected, depressed, downhearted, melancholy, blue, glum, discouraged, *down in the dumps, disheartened, despondent, disconsolate. ANT.:… …
53down — down1 [doun] adv. [ME doun < adune, adown < OE adune, ofdune, from the hill < a , of , off, from + dune, dat. of dun, hill: see DOWN3] 1. from a higher to a lower place; toward the ground 2. in, on, or to a lower position or level;… …
54down in the mouth — adjective filled with melancholy and despondency gloomy at the thought of what he had to face gloomy predictions a gloomy silence took a grim view of the economy the darkening mood lonely and blue in a strange city depressed by the loss of his… …
55de|ject´ed|ness — de|ject|ed «dih JEHK tihd», adjective. 1. in low spirits; sad; discouraged: »She was feeling dejected and unhappy until the good news cheered her up. Today glad tomorrow dejected (Edward Bulwer Lytton). SYNONYM(S): downcast, disheartened. See syn …
56de|ject´ed|ly — de|ject|ed «dih JEHK tihd», adjective. 1. in low spirits; sad; discouraged: »She was feeling dejected and unhappy until the good news cheered her up. Today glad tomorrow dejected (Edward Bulwer Lytton). SYNONYM(S): downcast, disheartened. See syn …
57de|ject|ed — «dih JEHK tihd», adjective. 1. in low spirits; sad; discouraged: »She was feeling dejected and unhappy until the good news cheered her up. Today glad tomorrow dejected (Edward Bulwer Lytton). SYNONYM(S): downcast, disheartened. See syn. under sad …
58sad´ness — sad «sad», adjective, sad|der, sad|dest. 1. not happy: a) full of sorrow; grieving: »You feel sad if your best friend goes away. I was very sad, I think sadder than at any one time in my life (John Bunyan) …
59Deject — De*ject , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dejected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dejecting}.] [L. dejectus, p. p. of dejicere to throw down; de + jacere to throw. See {Jet} a shooting forth.] 1. To cast down. [Obs. or Archaic] [1913 Webster] Christ dejected himself… …
60Dejecting — Deject De*ject , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dejected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dejecting}.] [L. dejectus, p. p. of dejicere to throw down; de + jacere to throw. See {Jet} a shooting forth.] 1. To cast down. [Obs. or Archaic] [1913 Webster] Christ dejected… …
