Dejection
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪˈdʒɛkʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dejection is a noun meaning A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.
Meaning
A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.
More Meanings
- The act of humbling or abasing oneself.
- A low condition; weakness; inability.
- (medicine, archaic) Defecation or feces.
Example Sentences
No dejection since his entrance, nor has he passed urine.
Meat remaining in the stomach undigested, dejection of appetite, wind coming upwards, are signs of a phlegmatick constitution.
Chorera infantum may begin as an attack of acute indigestion, or, what is more frequently the case, suddenly, with severe vomiting and copious dejections, high fever and rapid prostration.
His dejections were frequent, loose, changing in character from hour to hour, made up of undigested food, of mucus and watery fluid, varying in color, mostly green, and never healthy in consistence, color, or odor.
Word Forms
- dejections
Synonyms for dejection
Depending on context, synonyms include despondency, downheartedness, crestfallenness, blueness, tristesse, mirthless.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bm, faeces, feces, ordure, stool, despondence.
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