dejected
adjective
depressed in spirits; disheartened; low-spirited.
dejectedness
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a word derived from
dejected.
Example Sentences
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He has that lovable dejectedness and those broad panto emotions.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 31, 2013
Thou then heldest Thy peace, and I wandered further and further from Thee, into more and more fruitless seed-plots of sorrows, with a proud dejectedness, and a restless weariness.
From The Confessions of St. Augustine by E. B. (Edward Bouverie) Pusey
Tranquilized already by the generosity of the first utterances and acts of their conqueror, they did not seem to be affected by the feelings of sadness, shame and dejectedness that usually overcome the vanquished.
From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Etienne Dinet
Besides, there was the dread marsh miasma to be breathed day after day, while the very appearance and dejectedness of the people he found himself among was not calculated to mend matters.
From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Gordon Stables
With a dejectedness to which it is possible that his headache contributed he put the matter squarely to himself.
From Piccadilly Jim by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
