dejection
depression or lowness of spirits.
Medicine/Medical, Physiology.
evacuation of the bowels; fecal discharge.
Origin of dejection
1Opposites for dejection
Other words from dejection
- self-de·jec·tion, noun
- su·per·de·jec·tion, noun
Words Nearby dejection
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How to use dejection in a sentence
In the past few weeks, I have written columns that touched on pre-race anxiety and post-race dejection.
Should Road Races Separate the Pros from the Masses? | mmirhashem | November 17, 2021 | Outside OnlineI was dejected and rejected yet again by someone who cashed my checks to tell me how to deal with dejection and rejection.
Of just such a dejection of spirit had she observed the signs in Valerie; let them profit by it while it lasted.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniEvery third day his convulsive tremblings, his dejection, his fits of wandering, seemed to indicate the approach of dissolution.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulaySitting down at the table, he dropped his head into his hands and shut his eyes in utter dejection.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete | Gilbert Parker
Perhaps it would make them ashamed of their dejection, and fill them with the spirit of the heroic days.
Reminiscences of Charles Bradlaugh | George W. FooteThus he sat, dejection and despair stamped on his homely face; haughty, yet a suppliant; a king, yet only by sufferance.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane
British Dictionary definitions for dejection
/ (dɪˈdʒɛkʃən) /
lowness of spirits; depression; melancholy
faecal matter evacuated from the bowels; excrement
the act of defecating; defecation
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