Dejection synonyms

dĭ-jĕk'shən

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melancholy
Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
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sorrow
That which produces such suffering; trouble, loss, affliction, etc.
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despondency
Despondency is defined as a state of feeling hopeless or dejected.
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depression (related)
A mood disorder characterized usually by anhedonia, extreme sadness, poor concentration, sleep problems, loss of appetite, and feelings of guilt, helplessness, and hopelessness.
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despair
Loss of hope
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dolefulness
The characteristic of being doleful; sadness.
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sadness (related)
(Uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
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blues
A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar structure and using the blues scale.
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despondence
The state of being downcast or despondent.
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doldrums
A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks – so called by sailors
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downheartedness
The characteristic of being downhearted; sadness.
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dumps
Plural form of dump
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dysphoria
A state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression or anxiety.
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funk
A state of severe depression.
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gloom
Gloom is defined as darkness or a dark and gloomy place, or it is defined as a state of being depressed and in a bad mood.
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glumness
The emotion of being glum.
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heavy-heartedness
A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits
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mope
A dull, spiritless person.
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mournfulness
The property of being mournful.
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unhappiness
The feeling of not being happy
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feelings (related)
Plural form of feeling
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happy (related)
A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits
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faecal-matter
Alternative spelling of fecal matter.
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feces
Waste matter eliminated from the intestinal tract.
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faeces
British standard spelling of feces.
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Black metal
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stool
A toilet seat; a commode.
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ordure
Something morally offensive; filth.
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dejecture
That which is voided; excrement.
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weariness (related)
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ennui (related)
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vexation (related)
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self-reproach (related)
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coldness (related)
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exultation (related)
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languor (related)
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wretchedness (related)
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unutterable (related)
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anguish (related)
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grief (related)
A source or cause of deep mental anguish:
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Dejection Sentence Examples

  • He relieved his dejection ' Ouvres, i.

  • With painful dejection he awaited the end of this action, in which he regarded himself as a participant and which he was unable to arrest.

  • He left Rome at the end of March 58, and arrived on the 23rd of May at Thessalonica, where he remained in the deepest dejection until the end of November, when he went to Dyrrhachium (Durazzo) awaiting his recall.

  • The whole soul of the poet is reflected in the Ode to Dejection.

  • At twenty-one years of age he took chambers in the Middle Temple, where we first hear of the dejection of spirits that accompanied him periodically through manhood.

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