dejected

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He became thoughtful and dejected, and one day made known to Cipriani his deliberate intention to shoot the Governor the first time he came to Longwood.

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  1. adjective Being in low spirits; depressed. See Synonyms at depressed.

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  • The tops of the posts were sharpened to ugly points Within the stockade were human flgures--dejected, wasted beings! —  007 - The Lost Oasis
  • Even more dejected, the man drowned his sorrows in an extra-large dinner, and that night, true to both doctors 'warnings, he died. —  ... and his ministers a flame of fire
  • I think she was feeling dejected, and therefore wasn't thinking clearly with the duck / puff pastry mess she and Mia made last night. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • The few Arise and Renew Comrades in the hall of the arena looked dejected, astonished and overwhelmed by the outcome. —  Jamaica Gleaner Online
  • Herr Schwarzenegger is solely responsible for the dejected, fractured and seemingly unmendable GOP in California. —  VDARE.com: Blog Articles
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downcast ·  despondent ·  listless ·  pensive ·  depress ·  sorrowful ·  dissatisfied ·  haggard ·  forlorn ·  distraught ·  perturb ·  morose
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/dəˈdʒɛktɛd/
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