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Deject

Deject Meaning & Definition
Deject Definition And Meaning

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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