Dejection

Word DEJECTION
Character 9
Hyphenation de jec tion
Pronunciations /dɪˈdʒɛkʃən/

Definitions and meanings of "Dejection"

What do we mean by dejection?

The state of being dejected; low spirits. noun

Evacuation of the intestinal tract; defecation. noun

In geology, volcanic debris; a sediment of volcanic origin. noun

The act of casting down; a casting down; prostration. noun

Depression; diminution. noun

In medicine: Fecal discharge; evacuation. noun

The matter discharged or voided; dejecta: often in the plural: as, the dejections of cholera; watery dejections. noun

4. The state of being downcast; depression or lowness of spirits; melancholy. noun

In astrology, the house furthest removed from the exaltation of a planet. noun

A casting down; depression. noun

The act of humbling or abasing one's self. noun

Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. noun

A low condition; weakness; inability. noun

The discharge of excrement. noun

Fæces; excrement. noun

A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues noun

The act of humbling or abasing oneself. noun

A low condition; weakness; inability. noun

Defecation or feces. noun

A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.

The act of humbling or abasing oneself.

A low condition; weakness; inability.

Defecation or feces.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Dejection

The word "dejection" in example sentences

Those most disillusioned by Blair's career are those who believed he really was something quite out of the ordinary: the dejection is the greater because he promised so much. — ❋ Unknown (2004)

Holmqvist was left bowed forward on his knees in dejection, his helmet touching the ice, after the game-winner. ❋ Unknown (2007)

If he was off by more than ten minutes he would fain dejection and wouldn't feel right about himself until the next time I quizzed him and he guessed within the window. ❋ Ed (2004)

[Page 103] been surprised to feel, not only cheerfulness, but hilarity returning to my heart from no apparent cause, and when circumstances which had plunged me in dejection remain unchanged. ❋ Unknown (1832)

Lionel in dejection was as sad as it was new to her, and she resolved, in conjunction with Camilla, to spare him till the next day, when his feelings might be less acute. ❋ Unknown (1796)

To her, however, his dejection was a revival; she read in it her power, and hoped her present plan would finally confirm it. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The dejection, which is the opposite quality to this sort of pride, may be defined as pain arising from the false opinion, whereby a man may think himself inferior to his fellows. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Grief, from opinion of want of power, is called dejection of mind. ❋ Unknown (2007)

His face wore that perpetual look of peevish dejection, which is so sourly printed on all faces of ❋ Unknown (2002)

His face wore that perpetual look of peevish dejection, which is so sourly printed on all faces of Jewish race without exception. ❋ Unknown (1917)

Whether in his studio or in the streets, his dejection was the same. ❋ ��mile Zola (1871)

The source of his dejection was the groundless belief that he had occasioned the death of his benefactress. ❋ Charles Brockden Brown (1790)

Griefe, from opinion of want of power, is called dejection of mind. ❋ Thomas Hobbes (1633)

It is the single most-recalled dejection I can remember that bubbles to the surface everytime I get something less than par. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The biggest reason for taking time off: stress, anxiety, depression and a condition called "dejection" made up 33 to 40 percent of all sick-leave cases in 2006. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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