Meaning of DEJECT
| Pronunciation: | | di'jekt
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| | Definition: | | [v] lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her" |
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| | Synonyms: | | cast down, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down |
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| | Antonyms: | | elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift | | |
| | See Also: | | chill, discourage | |
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\De*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dejected}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Dejecting}.] [L. dejectus, p. p. of dejicere to throw
down; de- + jacere to throw. See {Jet} a shooting forth.]
1. To cast down. [Obs. or Archaic]
Christ dejected himself even unto the hells.
--Udall.
Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming
civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a
modest look. --Fuller.
2. To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage;
to dishearten.
Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. --Pope.
\De*ject"\, a. [L. dejectus, p. p.]
Dejected. [Obs.]
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| | Related Terms: | | beat down, cast down, chill, damp, dampen, dampen the spirits, darken, dash, demoralize, depress, discourage, dishearten, disparage, dispirit, knock down, lower, lower the spirits, oppress, press down, sadden, sink, weigh heavy upon, weigh upon |
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