Synonyms for
Dejected
Definition
feeling sad and dispirited; low in spirits
Synonyms & similar words
Example sentences
- After losing the game, the team was dejected and disappointed.
- He felt dejected after not getting the job he wanted.
- The dejected student slumped in his chair, feeling unimportant and discouraged.
- She wore a dejected expression on her face when she failed her exam.
- When her friend moved away, she felt dejected and lonely.
Quotes
“I felt a pang — a strange and inexplicable pang that I had never felt before. It was homesickness, I suppose. I had never been away from home before, not for this long.” - Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“But then they danced down the streets like dingledodies, and I shambled after as I’ve been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!” - Jack Kerouac, On the Road
“I am not a natural storyteller. But I am a person who is trying to be better at it – to be a good storyteller. It is something I have to work on every day, like exercise or prayer or the dejection that comes when you realize you’ve been bad at something for a very long time.” - Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer