All 5 Uses of
dejected
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- On inanimate nature, as on the men and women who cultivated it, a prevalent tendency towards an appearance of vegetating unwillingly—a dejected disposition to give up, and wither away.†
Chpt 2.8 *
- But, when his nephew, leaning an elbow on the table, covered his eyes thoughtfully and dejectedly with his hand, the fine mask looked at him sideways with a stronger concentration of keenness, closeness, and dislike, than was comportable with its wearer's assumption of indifference.†
Chpt 2.9
- The dejected Mrs. Cruncher shook her head.†
Chpt 2.14
- Everything was bowed down, dejected, oppressed, and broken.†
Chpt 2.23
- Miss Pross, shaking her loving and dejected head at her by no means affectionate brother, said through her tears, "Mr.†
Chpt 3.8
Definition:
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(dejected) sad and depressed (seemingly without hope)