dejection
Americannoun
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depression or lowness of spirits.
- Antonyms:
- exhilaration
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Medicine/Medical, Physiology.
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evacuation of the bowels; fecal discharge.
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noun
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lowness of spirits; depression; melancholy
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faecal matter evacuated from the bowels; excrement
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the act of defecating; defecation
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Other Word Forms
- self-dejection noun
- superdejection noun
Etymology
Origin of dejection
1400–50; late Middle English deieccioun < Latin dējectiōn- (stem of dējectiō ) a throwing down, equivalent to dēject ( us ) ( deject ) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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But Mr. Markovits’s writing is restrained and plainspoken, and it draws us in with the fidelity by which it inhabits Tom’s dejection.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
And it can be the difference between hope and dejection at what is a very precarious time for most families.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025
“I woke up with a big smile on my face today, feeling very loved by all of you,” he wrote on a carousel of photos showing his postrace dejection.
From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024
Rangers' Todd Cantwell, meanwhile, has been in Glasgow less than a year but has had to swallow plenty of derby dejection.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2023
Felicia was staring down at her plate with almost as much dejection as Maria.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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