DEJECT
Dictionary entry overview: What does deject mean? • DEJECT (verb)
The verb DEJECT has 1 sense:
1. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
Familiarity information: DEJECT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DEJECT (verb)
Meaning:
Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
cast down; deject; depress; dismay; dispirit; demoralise; demoralize; get down
Context examples:
These news depressed her / The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
Hypernyms (to "deject" is one way to...):
discourage (deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deject"):
chill (depress or discourage)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The bad news will deject him
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