Definition of deject Deject
/dɪʤɛˈkt/ - [dijekt] - de•ject
We found 7 definitions of deject from 5 different sources.
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What does deject mean?
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| deject - lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her" | ||
| depress, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise | ||
| elate, lift up, intoxicate, uplift, pick up fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits" | ||
| discourage deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged | ||
| chill depress or discourage; "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers" | ||
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- deject (Verb)
Make sad or dispirited.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- deject (v. t.)
To cast down. - deject (v. t.)
To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten. - deject (a.)
Dejected.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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deject
de-jekt′, v.t. to cast down the countenance or spirits of.—adj. (Shak.) cast down.—adj. Deject′ed, cast down: dispirited.—adv. Deject′edly.—ns. Deject′edness; Dejec′tion, lowness of spirits: (pl.) fæcal discharge (also dejecta).—adj. Dejec′tory, promoting evacuations. [L. dejicĕre, -jectum—de, down, jacĕre, to cast.]
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🔤- deject, verb, present, 1st person singular of deject (infinitive).
- deject, verb (infinitive).
- deject, adjective.
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