Synonyms for dejected
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
crestfallen, dispirited, downcast, depressed, despondent, disheartened, glum, sad, disconsolate, forlorn, gloomy, blue, unhappy, melancholy, heartbroken, morose, sullen, miserable, down-hearted, down, mopey, sorrowful, heartsick, wretched, discouraged, cheerless, sorry, doleful, desolate, low-spirited, dour, low, joyless, moody, dull, woeful, dark, hypochondriac, heavy, spiritless, chapfallen, woebegone, hypochondriacal, desponding
Definitions
- adj. 1
Sad and dispirited.
He looked dejected after hearing the bad news.
Example sentences
- depressed Tom said Mary has been feeling depressed recently.
- downcast She went out of the room with downcast eyes.
- dispirited Failing by so narrow a margin left Tom feeling dispirited.
- crestfallen The boy was crestfallen when he wasn't allowed to go on the trip.
- disheartened He was not a man to be disheartened by a single failure.
- despondent Millions of Russians feel cheated and despondent.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dejected | rising | |
| depressed | steady | |
| downcast | rising | |
| dispirited | rising | |
| crestfallen | rising | |
| disheartened | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- low1, sad1
- 4 letters
- down1, blue1, dark1, dull1, glum1, dour2
- 5 letters
- sorry2, heavy2, moody2, mopey
- 6 letters
- gloomy2, sullen2, woeful2, morose2
- 7 letters
- unhappy3, forlorn2, joyless, doleful2
- 8 letters
- wretched2, desolate3, downcast2
- 9 letters
- depressed2, miserable4, sorrowful3, heartsick, cheerless, woebegone3
- 10 letters
- melancholy4, despondent3, dispirited4, spiritless, desponding, chapfallen
- 11 letters
- discouraged3, heartbroken3, crestfallen3
- 12 letters
- disheartened3, disconsolate
- 13 letters
- hypochondriac5
- 15 letters
- hypochondriacal
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dour2 = 2 syllables).