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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin deicio.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dejected (comparative more dejected, superlative most dejected)
- 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
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Translations
sad and dispirited
- Arabic: قَانِط (qāniṭ), أَسْوَان (ʔaswān), بَائِس (ar) (bāʔis), حَزِين (ḥazīn)
- Bulgarian: обезсърчен (bg) (obezsǎrčen), унил (bg) (unil)
- Catalan: capbaix
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 懊喪／懊丧 (zh) (àosàng), 抑鬱／抑郁 (zh) (yìyù), 氣餒／气馁 (zh) (qìněi), (+ -的 -de) 灰心 (zh) (huīxīn), 沮喪／沮丧 (zh) (jǔsàng), 頹靡／颓靡 (zh) (tuímǐ)
- Czech: sklíčený, zkroušený, skleslý
- Danish: nedslået, nedtrykt, modløs
- Dutch: terneergeslagen (nl), neerslachtig (nl)
- Finnish: apea (fi), alakuloinen (fi)
- French: déprimé (fr), abattu (fr), découragé (fr)
- Galician: engurriñado m, escalfurrado m, esmalloado m, ingoixado m, demerxido m, amuado m, apadumado m, maganto m, amaiado (gl) m, esmangoletado m, apouvigado m
- German: mutlos (de), niedergeschlagen (de), deprimiert (de), entmutigt (de), betrübt (de), traurig (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient: κατηφής (katēphḗs), ἄθυμος (áthumos)
- Gutnish: amodug
- Irish: ceanníseal, atuirseach, scíth (literary)
- Italian: abbattuto (it), scoraggiato (it)
- Japanese: 落胆した (らくたんした, rakutan-shita), 失意の (しついの, shitsui-no), 消然 (しょうぜん, shōzen)
- Latin: dēiectus
- Macedonian: по́тиштен (pótišten), мра́чен (mráčen), нераспо́ложен (neraspóložen)
- Maori: hākerekere, auwhi
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: nedslått, nedstemt, motløs, bedrøvet, motfallen (no)
- Persian: نژند (fa) (nežand), فگار (fa) (fagâr)
- Plautdietsch: mootlooss
- Polish: przygnębiony (pl)
- Portuguese: abatido (pt), desanimado (pt)
- Romagnol: abatù
- Russian: уны́лый (ru) (unýlyj), пода́вленный (ru) (podávlennyj), мра́чный (ru) (mráčnyj), удручённый (ru) (udručónnyj)
- Spanish: abatido (es), desalentado (es), desanimado (es)
- Swedish: nedslagen (sv), nedstämd (sv)
- Ukrainian: пригні́чений (pryhníčenyj)
- Vietnamese: chán nản (vi)
- Welsh: penisel (cy), pendrwm, pendrist, digalon (cy), trist (cy)
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Verb
dejected
- simple past and past participle of deject
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