Thesaurus / dejected
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He acted dejected and dispirited, and if he could have talked would have asked the meaning of it all.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNN
When Perkins entered Diottis room he found the violinist heavy-eyed and dejected.
THE FIFTH STRING JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
He put his arms about her and drew her into his lap, where she lay, a dejected little heap, sobbing bitterly.
THOSE DALE GIRLSFRANK WESTON CARRUTH
But 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 GREEN
There are beings so dejected—so penurious—that this swearing constitutes their whole store of worldly opulence.
A CURSORY HISTORY OF SWEARINGJULIAN SHARMAN
When, 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 BALZAC
The only persons who were dejected or melancholy were those who were compelled to stay behind.
THE BRITISH EXPEDITION TO THE CRIMEAWILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELL
For 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 HAMILTON
Whenever Freethinkers are at all dejected they should have a chat with one of those gentleman.
REMINISCENCES OF CHARLES BRADLAUGHGEORGE W. FOOTE
In passing through Windsor, she saw several of her poor dejected servants waiting to see her.
FOX'S BOOK OF MARTYRSJOHN FOXE
WORDS RELATED TO DEJECTED
- bad
- bleeding
- blue
- bummed out
- cast-down
- crestfallen
- crummy
- dejected
- despondent
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- dispirited
- down
- down and out
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- fed up
- glum
- grim
- hurting
- in a blue funk
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the toilet
- let down
- low
- low-down
- low-spirited
- lugubrious
- melancholy
- moody
- morose
- on a downer
- pessimistic
- ripped
- sad
- sob story
- spiritless
- taken down
- torn up
- unhappy
- 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
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- disheartened
- dispirited
- doleful
- down
- downcast
- downhearted
- 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
- desolate
- despairing
- destroyed
- dispirited
- distressed
- doleful
- down
- downcast
- downhearted
- dreary
- forlorn
- gloomy
- grief-stricken
- heartbroken
- hopeless
- hurting
- in pain
- in the pits
- inconsolable
- low
- melancholy
- 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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