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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Deject \De*ject"\, verb (used with an object) [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]
Christ dejected himself even unto the hells. --Udall.
Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look. --Fuller.
2. To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten.
Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. --Pope.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dejected \De*ject"ed\, adjective Cast down; afflicted; low-spirited; sad; as, a dejected look or countenance. -- {De*ject"ed*ly}, adverb -- {De*ject"ed*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dejected
adjective: affected or marked by low spirits; "is dejected but trying to look cheerful" [ant: {elated}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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