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to deject

to deject

4 6.5
To make someone feel sad or less hopeful
  • verb
  • /dɪˈdʒɛkt/
translation icon : deprimir
  • And then they just deject you, you know, it's like it's, it's a, it's a tough, it's a tough moment to, to have happen over and over again.
  • look dejected
  • feel dejected
  • leave my office dejected

And then they just deject you, you know, it's like it's, it's a, it's a tough, it's a tough moment to, to have happen over and over again.

Examples

  • The next morning, Josh was waiting for Hadley at the corner, looking dejected.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Puff sits up on his bed, looking dejected.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Storyteller 2: Stuart is dejected as he watches his brother leave with Will.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Saunders, dejected, starts to move some of the trash from the couch.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Gabriel walks home, looking dejected, until he hears Bathsheba riding behind him.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Walter sits alone, dejected; a waitress presents him with a tray of champagne glasses.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Now here sat Max, looking very alone and dejected as he perched on a packing crate outside the field hospital.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Samuel followed her gaze and saw Lear shuffling along the roadway, looking tired and dejected.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • After receiving the disappointing news, he felt completely dejected and sat in silence for hours.

  • She looked dejected after her team lost the championship game, unable to smile as she left the field.

Synonyms

to get (someone) down
vsto deject
  • Informal
87 4.2

To make someone feel sad or discouraged

is about reducing general cheerfulness rather than long-lasting gloom
to sadden
vsto deject
76 2.3

To make someone feel sad

is about lowering overall spirits rather than only expressing sadness
to dismay
vsto deject
37 4.4

Make someone feel shocked or worried by something unexpected

focuses mainly on sadness and lowered spirits without shock or surprise
to demoralize
vsto deject
33 6.1

To make someone lose confidence or hope

is more personal and emotional rather than primarily about morale
to depress
vsto deject
32 4.1

To make someone feel sad and lose hope

is milder, focusing on lowering spirits without implying clinical depth
to get down
vsto deject
  • Informal
22 4.1

To make someone feel sad or less hopeful

is similar but often used for less intense or shorter moods
to weigh down
vsto deject
9 4.9

Make someone feel sad or worried

is simpler, meaning a drop in spirits rather than a heavy burden
to dishearten
vsto deject
8 5.3

To make someone lose hope or confidence

is centered on feeling sad rather than specifically losing confidence
to dampen spirits
vsto deject
2 4.9

Make someone feel less happy and excited

tends toward plain sadness and lower spirits rather than mild dampening
to cast down
vsto deject
1 6.3

To make someone feel sad or discouraged

focuses more narrowly on simple sadness rather than deep discouragement
to dispirit
vsto deject
1 7.6

To make someone lose hope or confidence

relates more to a lowered mood than to loss of drive

Antonyms

to encourage
∞ 2.3

Give someone support and confidence so they try or keep doing something

to cheer
392 1.0

To make someone feel happier

How Sad

to devastate
221 4.9
to depress
32 4.1
to deject
4 6.5
to sadden
76 2.3
to disappoint
492 1.0

Surface Forms

deject infinitive
dejected past
dejected past participle
dejecting present participle
dejects third person singular

Morphology

deject = de + ject

Although formed from the prefix 'de-' and the combining form 'ject', 'ject' is not a standalone English word, so learners cannot reliably infer the meaning from its parts.

Etymology

Deject comes from the parts de- meaning 'down' and ject meaning 'to throw', the same root as in eject ('to throw out'). So to deject someone is to 'throw down' their spirits, meaning to make them feel sad or low.