Synonyms of dejected

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adjective

di-ˈjek-təd 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• depressed
• unhappy
• sad
• heartbroken
• miserable
• melancholy
• upset
• sorry
• bad
• worried
• disappointed
• crestfallen
• disconsolate
• sorrowful
• hopeless
• downcast
• despondent
• forlorn
• mournful
• glum
• uneasy
• troubled
• gloomy
• woebegone
• heartsick
• inconsolable
• doleful
• joyless
• melancholic
• saddened
• brokenhearted
• distressed
• downhearted
• hangdog
• wretched
• blue
• woeful
• droopy
• depressing
• low-spirited
• discouraged
• suicidal
• down
• heavyhearted
• aggrieved
• heartsore
• despairing
• low
• dispirited
• down in the mouth
• tearful
• disheartened
• grieving
• sunk
• cast down
• weeping
• regretful
• bleak
• unquiet
• anguished
• somber
• desolate
• sullen
• lugubrious
• morose
• plaintive
• cheerless
• agonized
• lachrymose
• morbid
• rueful
• dolorous
• dismal
• wailing
• gray
• dreary
• dark
• comfortless
• saturnine
• black
• elegiac
• funereal
• drear
• darkening
• murky

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• jubilant
• happy
• cheerful
• joyful
• joyous
• glad
• ecstatic
• buoyant
• gleeful
• cheery
• upbeat
• delighted
• blissful
• exultant
• exuberant
• buoyed
• sunny
• euphoric
• merry
• enraptured
• jovial
• rapturous
• excited
• optimistic
• jolly
• chipper
• hopeful
• mirthful
• rhapsodic
• elated
• blithe
• exhilarated
• jocular
• rosy
• overjoyed
• jocose
• sanguine
• gladdened
• gladsome
• spirited
• energetic
• smiling
• satisfied
• entranced
• jocund
• vivacious
• blithesome
• lively
• perky
• encouraged
• vital
• laughing
• animated
• content
• frisky
• pleased
• lightsome
• sprightly
• thrilled
• bouncing
• gratified
• peppy
• unconcerned
• jaunty
• springy
• careless
• grinning
• carefree
• heartened
• easygoing
• zippy
• lighthearted
• cavalier
• insouciant
• boon
• beaming
• sprightful
• happy-go-lucky
• devil-may-care

dejected

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verb

past tense of deject

as in troubled

to make sad

nothing dejects a TV pundit more than the reality check that nobody cares what he thinks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• depressed
• troubled
• saddened
• worried
• oppressed
• tortured
• burdened
• concerned
• weighed down
• distressed
• bothered
• disturbed
• got down
• bummed (out)
• upset
• dashed
• tormented
• afflicted
• disheartened
• discouraged
• dismayed
• unsettled
• dispirited
• daunted
• perturbed
• demoralized
• ailed
• disquieted
• agitated
• unnerved
• discomforted
• unhinged
• discomposed
• freaked (out)
• exercised
• undid

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejoiced
• brightened
• assured
• animated
• lightened
• excited
• buoyed
• comforted
• cheered (up)
• reassured
• invigorated
• enlivened
• consoled
• inspired
• stimulated
• elated
• soothed
• gladdened
• exhilarated
• encouraged
• pleased
• delighted
• gratified
• heartened
• solaced
• lifted
• elevated
• uplifted
• boosted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dejected

Adjective

Fans started to file out of the park in the sixth inning, when Houston led 10-0, with a collective expression of dejected gold. — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 5 Apr. 2026

Another agonizing Final Four loss left Texas coach Vic Schaefer among the dejected as well. — 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