Deject
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪˈdʒɛkt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Deject is a verb meaning (transitive) Make sad or dispirited.
Meaning
(transitive) Make sad or dispirited.
More Meanings
- To debase or humble.
- One who is lowly or abject.
- (usually in the plural) A waste product.
- (obsolete, transitive) To cast downward.
Example Sentences
On the other hand, there is nothing which dejects school children quite so much as failure.
supplication, that is, entreatment, can be made more artificial if the speaker dejects both hands.
[…] sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look.
Princely wisdom, then, Dejects his watchful eye; and from the hand Of feeble justice, ineffectual, drop The sword and balance: mute the voice of joy, and hush'd the clamour of the busy world.
Word Forms
- dejects
- dejecting
- dejected
Synonyms for deject
Depending on context, synonyms include aggrieve, attrist, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, grieve.
Antonyms for deject
Common opposites include elate, uplift, lift up, intoxicate, pick up.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dismay, dispirit, demoralize, downcast, discourage, dismalize.
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