deject
Plural: dejects
Verb
Verb Forms: dejected, dejecting, dejects
- To make someone sad or disheartened; depress.
- lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- Make sad or dispirited.
- To cast downward.
- To debase or humble.
Noun
- One who is lowly or abject.
- A waste product.
Examples
- A series of bad tile draws can deject even the most optimistic Scrabble player.
Origin / Etymology
From Old French dejeter, from Latin deicere (“to throw down”).
Synonyms
cast down, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down, abase, aggrieve, attrist, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, bring down, contristate, dash, deject, desolate, downcast, engrieve, forset, grieve, grieven, humiliate, moan, oppress, put someone in their place, rue, sadden, sadden up, throw down, tristitiate, ungladden, unhappy, upset
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 16
deject: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddeject: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
deject: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary