dejected

About 0.70 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Sad and dispirited.

   He looked dejected after hearing the bad news.

2. verb simple past and past participle of deject

Similar words

chapfallen downcast downhearted crestfallen low-spirited depressed amort long-faced glum gloomy

Often followed by

and by at in as air look with countenance

Word family

dejectedly dejectedness dejectednesses