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
Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 3 Sep. 2025
In the character of Alexandre (Jean-Pierre Léaud), a dejected radical turned arch-conservative, Eustache perceptively observes how erstwhile opponents of conservatism can become some of its most zealous converts.
—Jake Cole, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2025
What started as a promising night for the North London team ended in frustration and disbelief, as many of their players looked dejected after the shootout.
—Manasi Pathak, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Yet people remain dejected about the economy, according to the University of Michigan’s Index of Consumer Sentiment.
—Josh Boak, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
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Adjective
The dejected actor stumbles over to a marketplace to buy a drink, shoplift a lighter, and strike out with a lottery ticket.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 3 Sep. 2025
In the character of Alexandre (Jean-Pierre Léaud), a dejected radical turned arch-conservative, Eustache perceptively observes how erstwhile opponents of conservatism can become some of its most zealous converts.
—Jake Cole, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2025
What started as a promising night for the North London team ended in frustration and disbelief, as many of their players looked dejected after the shootout.
—Manasi Pathak, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Yet people remain dejected about the economy, according to the University of Michigan’s Index of Consumer Sentiment.
—Josh Boak, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dejected
Adjective
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Matthiessen was born in 1927 to a pair of well-off, chronically depressed New Yorkers, people who were more likely to pour a stiff drink or take to their beds than to talk openly about their feelings.—
Maggie Doherty,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Roberts plays an unhappy American in Venice who is wooed by depressed, divorced, and done-with-love Allen in a variety of vaguely dishonest ways.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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Your letter troubled me, friend.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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Kardashian also said she was troubled when West spoke out against her mother, Kris Jenner, and her four sisters.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Jason Kelce, brother of Travis and former star of the Philadelphia Eagles, has issued a statement after a fake quote of him appearing to criticize those unhappy with the selection of Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl Halftime Show went viral.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
15 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Lawmakers are reportedly unhappy with briefings on the strikes, unable to clarify the legal basis of the strikes, and the refusal from Pentagon officials to provide unedited video footage of such incidents.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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Our community is deeply saddened by this heartbreaking loss.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Indianapolis schools saddened by sudden loss The program provided after-school programming, STEM summer camps, mentoring, and other college planning resources to nine school districts across the state when the grant was stopped.—
Caroline Beck,
IndyStar,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Steve's wife, Chelsey Bridges, announced the sad news on Friday in a video shared to her late husband's social pages.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Oct. 2025
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This admission seemed sad—critics are supposed to take pride in withstanding disagreement.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Her mother-in-law tried to help by offering to take care of the dogs herself, but the woman worried that would be too much to ask.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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For employees worried that AI agents could take their jobs, one of the field’s leading founders says the technology is still far from perfect.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Actually, more than mad, the guy is heartbroken.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
15 Oct. 2025
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Among those heartbroken fans was DJ Premier, who was one of the first people to comment on his passing.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
14 Oct. 2025
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The men are seen as misogynistic, and the women are oppressed.—
Deena ElGenaidi,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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However, when your organization was founded less than 45 years after slavery was abolished, when Black women were still being forced to be wet nurses to the very children of those who oppressed them and lynching was a common occurrence below the Mason-Dixon Line?—
Essence,
Essence,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Dejected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dejected. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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