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• v  lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
• a  affected or marked by low spirits
  is dejected but trying to look cheerful

• Said one dejected infielder as the numbers went up: "Encore une pour le trust One more for the trust.
• I know that he is terribly dejected over the lives which have been lost.
• But the sight of prominent reformists, looking dejected and dressed in gray prison garb and flip-flops, confessing to supposed crimes against the state while flanked by security .

• depress
• deject
• cast down
• get down
• dismay
• dispirit
• demoralize
• demoralise

• elate
• elated

News & Articles

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• Spurs' Green: LeBron 'kind of stopped himself'
  Dejected but focused following a lopsided loss in San Antonio, LeBron James said Tuesday night that he just has to be better in Game 4.
  June 12, 2013 - The SportsXchange via Yahoo! Sports

Quotes

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• Kurt Busch in International Herald Tribune
  There's no doubt the Gibbs guys feel dejected tonight,Kurt Busch said.
• Lee Janzen in 940 News
  The good news is I didn't leave there totally dejected,Janzen said.
• Sam Allardyce in Times Online
  Asked if the dressing room was at its lowest ebb to date, Allardyce replied: "Probably, yes. The players are very dejected and disappointed. It has been a massive effort with so many games in such a short period of time. Now it is three defeats on...