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Dejection

Dejection Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dejection? [n] a state of melancholy depression [n] solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dejection: BM \| faecal matter \| faeces \| fecal matter \| feces \| ordure \| stool Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dejection: abstraction \| abulia \| alienation \| anxiety \| anxiety equivalent \| anxiety state \| apathy \| blank despondency \| bloody flux \| blues \| BM \| bouderie \| bowel movement \| catatonic stupor \| catharsis \| compulsion \| crap \| death wish \| defecation \| dejecta \| dejectedness \| dejecture \| depression \| despair \| desperation \| despondency \| despondentness \| detachment \| diarrhea \| discharge \| discouragement \| disheartenment \| dispiritedness \| down trip \| downcastness \| downer \| downheartedness \| drooping spirits \| dumpishness \| dysentery \| effluent \| egesta \| ejecta \| ejectamenta \| ejection \| elation \| emotionalism \| euphoria \| evacuation \| excrement \| excreta \| excretes \| extravasate \| extravasation \| exudate \| exudation \| flux \| folie du doute \| glumness \| grimness \| grumness \| heartlessness \| hopelessness \| hypochondria \| hysteria \| hysterics \| indifference \| insensibility \| lethargy \| lientery \| loose bowels \| low spirits \| lowness \| lowness of spirit \| malaise \| mania \| melancholia \| melancholy \| mental distress \| moodiness \| moodishness \| mopishness \| moroseness \| movement \| obsession \| oppression \| pathological indecisiveness \| pessimism \| preoccupation \| psychalgia \| psychomotor disturbance \| purgation \| purge \| runs \| Schmerz \| self-destructive urge \| shit \| shits \| sinking heart \| Slough of Despond \| spiritlessness \| stool \| stupor \| suicidal despair \| sulkiness \| sullenness \| surliness \| taedium vitae \| tic \| transudate \| transudation \| trots \| turistas \| twitching \| unresponsiveness \| voidance \| waste \| waste matter \| weariness of life \| withdrawal See Also \| body waste \| crap \| depression \| dirt \| dog do \| dog shit \| dog turd \| doggy do \| droppings \| dung \| excrement \| excreta \| excretion \| excretory product \| meconium \| melaena \| melena \| muck \| poop \| shit \| shite \| turd Dejection In Webster's Dictionary \De*jec"tion\, n. [L. dejectio a casting down: cf. F. d['e]jection.] 1. A casting down; depression. [Obs. or Archaic] --Hallywell. 2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. Adoration implies submission and dejection. --Bp. Pearson. 3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. What besides, Of sorrow, and dejection, and despair, Our frailty can sustain, thy tidings bring. --Milton. 4. A low condition; weakness; inability. [R.] A dejection of appetite. --Arbuthnot. 5. (Physiol.) (a) The discharge of excrement. (b) F[ae]ces; excrement. --Ray.

Dejection Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dejection?

[n] a state of melancholy depression
[n] solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels

Dejection In Webster's Dictionary

\De*jec"tion\, n. [L. dejectio a casting down: cf. F.
d['e]jection.]
1. A casting down; depression. [Obs. or Archaic] --Hallywell.

2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self.

         Adoration implies submission and dejection. --Bp.
                                               Pearson.

3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune;
   mental depression; melancholy.

         What besides, Of sorrow, and dejection, and despair,
         Our frailty can sustain, thy tidings bring.
                                               --Milton.

4. A low condition; weakness; inability. [R.]

         A dejection of appetite.              --Arbuthnot.

5. (Physiol.)
   (a) The discharge of excrement.
   (b) F[ae]ces; excrement. --Ray.

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