All 10 Uses of
dejected
in
War and Peace
- On all sides they saw rain-soaked officers with dejected faces who seemed to be seeking something, and soldiers dragging doors, benches, and fencing from the village.†
Chpt 2 *
- Instantly his regret at not having been in action and his dejected mood amid people of whom he was weary had gone, instantly every thought of himself had vanished.†
Chpt 3
- …tone of conviction and earnestness, or the tremor of the speaker's voice—which sometimes almost broke—or those brilliant aged eyes grown old in this conviction, or the calm firmness and certainty of his vocation, which radiated from his whole being (and which struck Pierre especially by contrast with his own dejection and hopelessness)—at any rate, Pierre longed with his whole soul to believe and he did believe, and felt a joyful sense of comfort, regeneration, and return to life.†
Chpt 5
- When the reading of Denisov's virulent reply, which took more than an hour, was over, Rostov said nothing, and he spent the rest of the day in a most dejected state of mind amid Denisov's hospital comrades, who had gathered round him, telling them what he knew and listening to their stories.†
Chpt 5
- The despairing, dejected expression of Natasha's face caught his eye.†
Chpt 6
- In reply to the count's anxious inquiries as to why she was so dejected and whether anything had happened to her betrothed, she assured him that nothing had happened and asked him not to worry.†
Chpt 8
- All their faces looked dejected, and they all shunned one another's eyes—only a de Beausset could fail to grasp the meaning of what was happening.†
Chpt 10
- With painful dejection he awaited the end of this action, in which he regarded himself as a participant and which he was unable to arrest.†
Chpt 10
- Kutuzov, dejected and frowning, sat on a bench by the bridge toying with his whip in the sand when a caleche dashed up noisily.†
Chpt 11
- A dull, dejected look, random replies, and talk about the nursery was all he saw and heard from his former enchantress.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(dejected) sad and depressed (seemingly without hope)