All 4 Uses of
dejected
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Nicholas Nickleby
- 'The poor baron bore it all as long as he could, and when he could bear it no longer lost his appetite and his spirits, and sat himself gloomily and dejectedly down.†
Chpt 6
- 'I can't do it,' said the dejected creature, looking up with bitter disappointment in every feature.†
Chpt 12 *
- I have watched him when you have not been by, my dear, sit brooding by himself, with such a look of pain as I could scarcely bear to see, and then get up and leave the room: so sorrowfully, and in such dejection, that I cannot tell you how it has hurt me.†
Chpt 38
- 'There is none,' said Nicholas, in utter dejection.†
Chpt 52
Definition:
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(dejected) sad and depressed (seemingly without hope)