dejected

Sad and dispirited.

Adjective

  1. Sad and dispirited.
    • He looked dejected after hearing the bad news.
    • The team sat dejected in the locker room after their loss.
    • feel dejected

    Synonyms: dejectable depressed despondent disheartened atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless dispirited blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen crestfallen cut up damp dejected disgruntled disconsolate dismal doleful dolesome down down in the dumps

    Antonyms: hopeful

Origin

Etymology tree English deject English -ed English dejected From deject + -ed.

Forms

more dejected most dejected

Derived

dejectedly dejectedness undejected

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of deject