I felt afraid of being left alone, and for three whole days I wandered about the town in profound dejection, not knowing what to do with myself.
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Dejection
//dəˈd͡ʒɛkʃən//
Synonyms for "dejection" (261 found)
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Noun(34 words)
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Noun(71 words)
humiliationill-beinginadequacyinfelicityinfrequencyinsufficiencyishjobbylacklogmeagernessmelancholiamelancholymerdmirthlessmiserymishappinessmotionmournmuck
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hypochondriahysteriahystericsindifferenceinsensibilitylethargylienteryloose bowelslow spiritslownesslowness of spiritmalaisemaniamelancholiamelancholymental distressmoodinessmoodishnessmopishnessmoroseness
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movementobsessionoppressionpathological indecisivenesspessimismpitypreoccupationprostrationpsychalgiapsychomotor disturbancepurgationpurgerunsschmerzself-destructive urgeshitshitssinking heartslough of despondspiritlessnessstoolstuporsuicidal despairsulkinesssullennesssurlinesstaedium vitaetictransudatetransudationtrotsturistastwitchingunresponsivenessvoidancewastewaste matterweariness of lifewithdrawal
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6 entriesTranslations
25 translations across 17 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κατήφεια noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
Bulgarian
1 entries- униние noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
Czech
2 entries- melancholie noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
- sklíčenost noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
Danish
2 entries- modløshed noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
- nedtrykthed noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
Dutch
1 entries- moedeloosheid noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
Finnish
2 entries- alakuloisuus noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
- masentuneisuus noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
French
1 entries- abattement noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
Hebrew
1 entries- דכדוך noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
Irish
1 entries- gruaim noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
Italian
1 entries- abbattimento noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
Korean
1 entries- 슬픔 noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
Polish
2 entries- przygnębienie noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
- strapienie noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
Portuguese
2 entries- dejeção noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
- desânimo noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
Romagnol
1 entries- abatimént noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
Russian
2 entries- удручение noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
- уны́ние noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
Spanish
3 entries- abatimiento noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
- desaliento noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
- desánimo noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пригні́ченість noun (a state of melancholy or depression)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Adoration implies submission and dejection, so that while we worship we cast down ourselves; there must be therefore some great eminence in the object worshipped, or else we should dishonor our own nature in the worship of it.
Source: wiktionary
Meat remaining in the stomach undigested, dejection of appetite, wind coming upwards, are signs of a phlegmatick constitution.
Source: wiktionary
No dejection since his entrance, nor has he passed urine.
Source: wiktionary
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