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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
deject \deject"\, 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
1913 webster
christ dejected himself even unto the hells.
--udall.
1913 webster
sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming
civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a
modest look. --fuller.
1913 webster
2. to cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage;
to dishearten.
1913 webster
nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. --pope.
1913 webster
see also:
dejected dejecting jet
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
deject \deject"\, a. l. dejectus, p. p.
dejected. obs.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
deject
v : lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "these news
depressed her"; "the bad state of her child's health
demoralizes her" syn: depress, cast down, get down,
dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise ant:
elate
see also:
depress cast down get down dismay dispirit demoralize
demoralise elate
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
23 moby thesaurus words for "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
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