dejected

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin deicio.

adj

  1. Sad and dispirited.
    1818, Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs, Philadelphia: T.S. Manning, Volume I, p. 73, I pitied poor Miss Read’s unfortunate situation, who was generally dejected, seldom cheerful, and avoided company […]

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of deject

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