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It can be used when describing a state of feeling sad or disheartened. Example: "The news of her departure seemed to deject the entire team." Alternatives include "dishearten" or "discourage."
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deject
verb
Make sad or dispirited.
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That will embolden America's adversaries and deject its friends.
Marc Singer's 2000 documentary Dark Days has been rereleased, and it still has the power to shock and to deject.
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Dejected at his Liberal Democrats' surprisingly poor showing at the polls, he reiterated his rule of thumb that the party boasting the most votes in the country and seats in Parliament must be given the first shot at forming a government.
Dejected after bad reviews for his film The Monuments Men, Clooney said that he hadn't slept for 30 hours.
Dejected England fans at home and in South Africa reacted furiously to the decision to disallow Lampard's effort.
Dejected but determined, Gonzalez rehabbed, recovered, reinstated himself in the Galaxy's starting lineup and reestablished himself as one of the top two or three defenders in M.L.S.
Dejected and generally derided, the bookish Billy is brought up by his "aunties" on the isle of Inishmaan.
Dejected but determined to save his son's life he took Adim home.
She lost her job as a journalist, was left at the altar, and a man on the subway called her sir. Dejected, she impulsively responds to a mysterious real-estate listing in the Catskills.
More dejecting still, Mr Brown has been carefully laying the ground since last week for this historic meeting between two people who have used the same bath, though at different times.
Duffy Waldorf (65) and the Masters champion Mike Weir (69) finished at 271, and the first-round leader Scott Verplank (69) and Mickelson (72) came in at 272. "It's dejecting when you have a chance to win and you don't, but I'd rather be in that situation," said Mickelson, who ended an 18-month victory drought by winning the Bob Hope last week.
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