deject
/dɛˈdʒɛkt/ · deject
verb
- to cause someone to feel sad or depressed The news of her lost job dejected her for weeks.
- to throw or cast something down The strong wind dejected the branches of the tree.
noun
- a feeling of sadness or depression Her deject was evident in her tears and sobs.
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Did you know? The word 'deject' has been used in literature to describe the emotional state of characters, such as in Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', where Hamlet's deject state is evident in his soliloquies.