Deject

Synonyms for "deject" (43 found)

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Closest matches (9)

Verb(4 words)
beat downcast downchilldampdampen

Strong matches (13)

Related words (21)

Verb(4 words)
disheartendisparagedispiritgetknock downlourlowerlower the spiritsoppresspress downsaddenshattersinkweigh heavy uponweigh upon
Adjective(2 words)

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affectdiscouragetransitive verb

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Collocations

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audience reactionhopesprospectspublic moodstaff moraleteam morale

Inflections

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Derivations

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Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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[…] the Thoughts of my Friends, and native Country, and the Improbability of ever seeing them again, made me very melancholy; and dejected me to that Degree, that sometimes I could not forbear indulging my Grief in private, and bursting out into a Flood of Tears.

Source: wiktionary

On the other hand, there is nothing which dejects school children quite so much as failure.

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[…] sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look.

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Princely wisdom, then, Dejects his watchful eye; and from the hand Of feeble justice, ineffectual, drop The sword and balance: mute the voice of joy, and hush'd the clamour of the busy world.

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