Definition of "dejected" in English

adjective

1. Sad and dispirited.

   • He looked dejected after hearing the bad news.
   • The team sat dejected in the locker room after their loss.
   • feel dejected
   • look dejected
   • sit dejected and silent
   • 1818, Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs, Philadelphia: T.S. Manning, Volume I, p. 73, I pitied poor Miss Read’s unfortunate situation, who was generally dejected, seldom cheerful, and avoided company […]

verb

1. simple past and past participle of deject