dejected

dejected
    adj 1: affected or marked by low spirits; "is dejected but
           trying to look cheerful" [ant: {elated}]
    

Deject \De*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dejected}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Dejecting}.] [L. dejectus, p. p. of dejicere to throw
   down; de- + jacere to throw. See {Jet} a shooting forth.]
   1. To cast down. [Obs. or Archaic]
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            Christ dejected himself even unto the hells.
                                                  --Udall.
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            Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming
            civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a
            modest look.                          --Fuller.
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   2. To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage;
      to dishearten.
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            Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. --Pope.
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Dejected \De*ject"ed\, a.
   Cast down; afflicted; low-spirited; sad; as, a dejected look
   or countenance. -- {De*ject"ed*ly}, adv. --
   {De*ject"ed*ness}, n.
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68 Moby Thesaurus words for "dejected":
      beetle-browed, black, black-browed, blue, bowed-down, cast down,
      crestfallen, dark, dashed, depressed, despairing, despondent,
      desponding, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited,
      dour, down, downcast, downhearted, drooping, droopy, dumpish,
      feeling low, forlorn, frowning, gloomy, glowering, glum, grim,
      grum, heartbroken, heartless, hypochondriac, hypochondriacal,
      in low spirits, in the depths, in the doldrums, in the dumps,
      languishing, low, low-spirited, lowering, melancholy, miserable,
      moodish, moody, mopey, moping, mopish, morose, mumpish,
      pessimistic, pining, sad, scowling, sorrowful, spiritless, subdued,
      suicidal, sulky, sullen, surly, unhappy, weary of life, woebegone,
      world-weary