About The Word Deject
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Deject
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What's The Definition Of Deject?
[v] lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Deject: cast down | demoralise | demoralize | depress | dismay | dispirit | get down Related Terms | Find terms related to Deject: beat down | cast down | chill | damp | dampen | dampen the spirits | darken | dash | demoralize | depress | discourage | dishearten | disparage | dispirit | knock down | lower | lower the spirits | oppress | press down | sadden | sink | weigh heavy upon | weigh upon See Also | chill | discourage Deject In Webster's Dictionary \De*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dejected}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Dejecting}.] [L. dejectus, p. p. of dejicere to throw
down; de- + jacere to throw. See {Jet} a shooting forth.]
1. To cast down. [Obs. or Archaic]
Christ dejected himself even unto the hells.
--Udall.
Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming
civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a
modest look. --Fuller.
2. To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage;
to dishearten.
Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. --Pope.
\De*ject"\, a. [L. dejectus, p. p.] Dejected. [Obs.] |
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