as in depressed
feeling unhappiness
the dejected players slowly made their way back to the locker room, where they could mourn their defeat in private
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as in troubled
to make sad
nothing dejects a TV pundit more than the reality check that nobody cares what he thinks
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Recent Examples of dejected
John Marshall,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
The actor Marisa Abela plays her in a binary state of panic and swagger by sobbing like a dejected child or slyly grinning like one who’s about to wolf down an ice-cream cake.
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Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
The 5-2 loss was Toronto’s third straight coming out of the Olympic break and third straight display of dejected, dispiriting, flat and admittedly embarrassing hockey.
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Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
1 Mar. 2026
The players' dejected expressions are in stark contrast to the elated fans in the stands behind them.
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Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
Another agonizing Final Four loss left Texas coach Vic Schaefer among the dejected as well.
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John Marshall,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
The actor Marisa Abela plays her in a binary state of panic and swagger by sobbing like a dejected child or slyly grinning like one who’s about to wolf down an ice-cream cake.
—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
The 5-2 loss was Toronto’s third straight coming out of the Olympic break and third straight display of dejected, dispiriting, flat and admittedly embarrassing hockey.
—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
1 Mar. 2026
The players' dejected expressions are in stark contrast to the elated fans in the stands behind them.
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Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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New-home construction tumbled, then stayed depressed for over a decade.
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These figures mark a clear increase from depressed crossing rates seen during much of the Iran war since its start in late February.
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For in the last years of her life she will be troubled by terrible digestion and chronic bowel problems set off by a bout of grave illness, diagnosed as typhoid fever and gall-bladder disease, in the autumn of 1860.
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Since a tiny drone hit the Kremlin in May 2023, Moscow’s skyline has been troubled by Ukraine, even causing last month’s Victory Day parade to be scaled back dramatically.
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Isdin Melatonik If traditional retinoids have left your sensitive skin unhappy, Isdin's Melatonik Recovery Night Serum offers a gentler approach with bakuchiol.
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Brown and the Celtics have both since denied speculation that the 29-year-old second-team All-NBA selection was unhappy with his role in Boston.
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Mahomes’ knee injury saddened him, however.
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Their owners, meanwhile, were all sent to texts claiming their dog had unexpectedly, but peacefully, passed away overnight, that Sit was saddened by their loss and would give them refunds and that the dogs had been cremated.
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Then Greene takes a long, sad subway ride home, and America learns that one of their favorite TV doctors isn't flawless.
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Local foodies were sad to hear owner Sylvia Chung (Momma Chung) retired and closed the south Fort Worth restaurant in October of last year.
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But local opposition has been rising too, with communities worried about the power and water demands of the centers, as well as any potential health effects.
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People who worried that recycling or reselling a device would compromise their data were 14% and 9% more likely to store it instead.
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The courtroom was packed with heartbroken supporters wanting justice for Jor'Dynn as each woman stood silent in front of the judge.
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There is nothing more evocative of a pure Love Island experience than a heartbroken rage split in costume.
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The album is both plea, polemic and protest, but its argument — that oppressed and working people deserve rights and dignity, and that those things have historically been won through rebellion and revolution — is hardly radical.
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To Be Whole,' which teaches that the United States was founded on 'white supremacy' and categorizes individuals as 'oppressors' and 'oppressed' based only on their skin color, not their individual decisions and actions.
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“Dejected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dejected. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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