dejected
adjective /dɪˈdʒek.tɪd/Definition
› unhappy, disappointed, or without hope: She looked a bit dejected when she was told that she hadn't got the job.Feeling sad and unhappyNot hopeful dejectedly /-li/ adverb Feeling sad and unhappyNot hopeful dejection /-ʃən/ noun [U] Sadness and regret
(Definition of dejected adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be in a funk idiom
- be on a hiding to nothing idiom
- bleak adjective
- defeatist adjective
- despair verb
- dim adjective (NOT POSITIVE)
- dismal adjective
- downcast adjective (UNHAPPY)
- forlorn adjective (UNLIKELY TO SUCCEED)
- gloom noun (WITHOUT HOPE)
- gloomy adjective (WITHOUT HOPE)
- glum adjective
- grim adjective (WITHOUT HOPE)
- hopeless adjective
- hopelessly adverb
- not give much for sb's chances idiom
- not have a hope in hell idiom
- pessimism noun
- pessimistic adjective
- prophet of doom idiom
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