DEJECT

depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise

(verb) lower someone’s spirits; make downhearted; “These news depressed her”; “The bad state of her child’s health demoralizes her”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

deject (third-person singular simple present dejects, present participle dejecting, simple past and past participle dejected)

(transitive) Make sad or dispirited.

(obsolete, transitive) To cast down.

Source: Wiktionary

De*ject", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Dejecting.] Etym: [L. dejectus, p. p. of dejicere to throw down; de- + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]

1. To cast down. [Obs. or Archaic] Christ dejected himself even unto the hells. Udall. Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look. Fuller.

2. To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten. Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. Pope.

De*ject", a. Etym: [L. dejectus, p. p.]

Definition: Dejected. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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