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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dejected \De*ject"ed\, a.
Cast down afflicted; low-spirited; sad; as a dejected look
or countenance. -- {De*ject"ed*ly}, adv --
{De*ject"ed*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deject \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dejected
adj : affected or marked by low spirits; "is dejected but trying
to look cheerful" [ant: {elated}]
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