Thesaurus / dejected
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On the other hand, rats that have no control over when they are shocked become depressed, dejected, develop ulcers, lose weight and have compromised immune systems that make them more susceptible to disease.
MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES FACE AN INVISIBLE TRAUMA WE CAN’T IGNOREGUNISHA KAUROCTOBER 21, 2021TIMEA Sanba rider gets a flat and returns to the start line, dejected.
THE LATIN AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS SHAKING UP NEW YORK CITY’S BIKE RACESSMURGUIAAUGUST 12, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEHe acted dejected and dispirited, and if he could have talked would have asked the meaning of it all.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNWhen Perkins entered Diottis room he found the violinist heavy-eyed and dejected.
THE FIFTH STRING JOHN PHILIP SOUSAHe put his arms about her and drew her into his lap, where she lay, a dejected little heap, sobbing bitterly.
THOSE DALE GIRLSFRANK WESTON CARRUTHBut his eyes roamed eagerly and changed to a burning, red color when they fell upon the dejected figure of his mistress.
THE MAYOR'S WIFEANNA KATHERINE GREENThere are beings so dejected—so penurious—that this swearing constitutes their whole store of worldly opulence.
A CURSORY HISTORY OF SWEARINGJULIAN SHARMANWhen, next day, her father and mother returned from the Salon, their dejected faces proclaimed some disappointment.
AT THE SIGN OF THE CAT AND RACKETHONORE DE BALZACThe only persons who were dejected or melancholy were those who were compelled to stay behind.
THE BRITISH EXPEDITION TO THE CRIMEAWILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELLFor the first time in this expedition Roger Keyes seemed down on his luck: we had often before seen him raging, never dejected.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME 2IAN HAMILTONWORDS RELATED TO DEJECTED
- blue
- bummed out
- cast down
- crestfallen
- crummy
- dejected
- desolate
- despondent
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- dismal
- dispirited
- down
- down and out
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- forlorn
- gloomy
- glum
- grim
- heavy-hearted
- hurting
- in a blue funk
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the toilet
- let down
- low
- low-down
- low-spirited
- lugubrious
- melancholic
- melancholy
- miserable
- moody
- morose
- not happy
- on a downer
- pessimistic
- ripped
- sad
- spiritless
- taken down
- tearful
- teary
- torn-up
- unhappy
- upset
- weeping
- woebegone
- anxious
- at end of one's rope
- blue
- brokenhearted
- can't win
- cynical
- dejected
- depressed
- desperate
- disconsolate
- downcast
- forlorn
- frantic
- grief-stricken
- hopeless
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the soup
- inconsolable
- melancholic
- melancholy
- miserable
- no-win
- not a prayer
- oppressed
- pessimistic
- sad
- shot down
- strabilious
- suicidal
- sunk
- weighed down
- wretched
- all torn up
- blue
- bummed out
- cast down
- dejected
- despairing
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- discouraged
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- dispirited
- doleful
- down
- downcast
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- forlorn
- gloomy
- glum
- griefstricken
- grieving
- hopeless
- in a blue funk
- in despair
- in the pits
- low
- low-spirited
- melancholy
- miserable
- morose
- mourning
- sad
- shot down
- sorrowful
- woebegone
- wretched
- bad
- black
- blue
- cheerless
- cold
- comfortless
- crestfallen
- crushed
- dark
- dejected
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- destroyed
- dispirited
- distressed
- doleful
- down
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- downhearted
- dreary
- forlorn
- gloomy
- grief-stricken
- heartbroken
- hopeless
- hurting
- in pain
- in the pits
- inconsolable
- low
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- miserable
- ripped
- sad
- somber
- sorrowful
- torn-up
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
- afflicted
- cast down
- cheerless
- crestfallen
- dejected
- depressed
- dirgeful
- dismal
- dispirited
- distressing
- dolent
- dolorous
- down
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- dreary
- forlorn
- funereal
- gloomy
- grieving
- lamentable
- lugubrious
- melancholy
- mournful
- painful
- piteous
- pitiful
- plaintive
- rueful
- sad
- somber
- sorrowful
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
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