单词 | dejected |
释义 | dejectedadj. 1. a. literal. Thrown or cast down, overthrown. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [adjective] > thrown down deject1430 dejected1682 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece vi. 427 Buried in the Rubbish of its dejected Roof and Walls. 1881 H. James Portrait of Lady II. viii. 107 Looking at her dejected pillar. b. Allowed to hang down. ΚΠ 1824 R. Heber in Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. June 642 The mute swain..With arms enfolded, and dejected head. c. Of the eyes: Downcast. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [adjective] > lowered vailed1591 dejected1600 lowered1648 1600 [see sense 3b]. 1663 A. Cowley Brutus in Pindaric Odes ii If with dejected Eye In standing Pools we seek the Sky. 1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. ix. 626 With humble Mien, and with dejected Eyes, Constant they follow where Injustice flies. d. Heraldry. Cast down, bent downwards; as dejected embowed, embowed with the head downwards. ΚΠ 1889 C. N. Elvin Dict. Heraldry 48/2 Dejected, cast down, as a garb dejected or dejectant. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [adjective] dejectc1528 broken1535 abased1554 come1564 downfallen1575 snubbed1583 crestfallen1589 humiliate1593 plume-plucked1597 low-broughta1599 chop-fallen1604 chap-fallen1608 dejected1608 humbleda1616 unprided1628 diminished1667 mortified1710 small1771 humiliated1782 squelched1837 grovelleda1845 sat-upon1873 comedown1886 deflated1894 zapped1962 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xv. 3 The lowest and most deiected thing of Fortune. View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 90 The basest, the lowermost, the most dejected..downe-trodden Vassals of Perdition. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 14 Able to reach from the highest Arrogance to the meanest, and most dejected Submissions. 1721 R. Keith tr. Thomas à Kempis Soliloquy of Soul iv, in tr. Thomas à Kempis Select Pieces II. 139 Behold, O Lord, the Dejectedness of my State. 3. a. Depressed in spirits, downcast, disheartened, low-spirited. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] ungladc888 wearyc888 drearyc1000 dreary-moodOE heavyc1000 unmerryOE droopy?c1225 mournc1275 sada1300 languishinga1325 amayedc1330 matec1330 unlightc1330 unblissful1340 lowa1382 mishappyc1390 dullc1393 elengely1393 droopinga1400 heavy-hearteda1400 joylessa1400 sytefula1400 mornifc1400 tristy?c1400 lightless?1406 heartlessa1413 tristc1420 amatec1425 languoring?c1425 mirthlessc1430 heavisome1435 darkc1440 gloomingc1440 comfortlessc1460 amateda1470 chermatc1475 tristfula1492 lustless?1507 dolorous1513 ruthful1513 downcast1521 deject1528 heartsicka1529 lumpisha1535 coolc1540 dowlyc1540 glum1547 discouraged1548 uncheerfulc1555 dumpish1560 out of heart1565 sadded1566 amoped1573 tristive1578 desolated1580 dejected1581 à la mort1586 delightless1589 afflicted1590 gladless1590 groanful1590 gloomya1593 muddy1592 sitheful1592 cloudy1594 leaden-hearted1596 disconsolated1598 clum1599 life-weary1599 spiritless1600 dusky1602 chop-fallen1604 flat1604 disanimated1605 jaw-fallen1605 moped1606 chap-fallen1608 decheerful1608 uncheerful1612 lacklustrea1616 pulled1616 dumpya1618 depressed1621 head-hung1632 grum1640 downa1644 dispirited1647 down-at-mouth1649 down in (rarely of) the mouth1649 unhearted1650 sunlessa1658 sadful1658 unlightened1659 chagrin1665 saddened1665 damp1667 moping1674 desponding1688 tristitious1694 unenjoying1697 unraised1697 unheartya1699 unked1698 despondent1699 dismal1705 unjoyful1709 unrejoiced1714 dreara1717 disheartened1720 mumpish1721 unrejoicing1726 downhearted1742 out of spirits1745 chagrineda1754 low-spirited1753 sombrea1767 black-blooded1771 glumpy1780 oorie1787 sombrous1789 morose1791 Novemberish1793 glumpish1800 mopeful1800 die-away1802 blue-devilish1804 blue-devilled1807 malagrugrous1818 down in the hip1826 yonderly1828 sunshineless1831 downfaced1832 broody1851 in a (or the) trough1856 blue-devilly1871 drooped1873 glummy1884 pippy1886 humpy1889 pipped1914 lousy1933 pissed1943 crappy1956 doomy1961 bummed1970 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 115 So that he was deiected and compelled to weepe for very many, which had fallen. 1605 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes I. §39 I maruell not that a wicked man is..so deiected, when hee feeles sicknes. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 13 June (1974) VIII. 264 Never were people so dejected as they are in the City. 1793 W. Cowper Let. 8 Sept. (1984) IV. 392 I seem cheerful on paper sometimes, when I am absolutely the most dejected of all creatures. 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi III. x. viii. 314 Thus are we fools of Fortune—to-day glad—to-morrow dejected! b. transferred. (Of the visage, behaviour, etc.)Often combining 1c, 3. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > types of head > [adjective] > attribute of dejected1600 cop-crowned1650 copped-crowned1650 chubbed1674 chuckle1721 massive1843 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > by size, shape, etc. steepc1000 standing1340 glazenc1380 glassy1412 ungladlyc1450 sparklinga1500 goggle1540 pinking1566 whally1590 vailed1591 unweeping1598 dejected1600 unwet1601 glossed1602 haggard1605 saucer-like1612 saucer1618 glaring1622 uncast1629 startling1648 poppinga1696 upraised1707 glancy1733 glazed1735 almond1786 open-eyed1799 bald1807 glazing1808 lustreless1810 unfathomable1817 vague1820 soulless1824 beady1826 socketless1833 fishy1836 glazy1838 popped1849 agoggled1860 uprolled1864 unfaceted1893 shoe-button1895 poppy1899 googly1901 slitty1908 bead-berry1923 1600 Disc. Gowrie Conspir. With a very dejected countenaunce, his eies ever fixed upon the earth. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 81 The deiected hauior of the visage. View more context for this quotation 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 85. ⁋2 The Goddess..is to sit in a dejected Posture. 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. xi. 273 In a timid dejected silence. 1821 W. Scott Pirate III. xiii. 294 I could not but move with a drooping head and dejected pace. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1581 |
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