All 13 Uses of
dejected
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- And if the old servant were not angry, he felt comforted, and if he were angry, he was more dejected.†
Chpt 3
- Chapter X. Both Together Alyosha left his father's house feeling even more exhausted and dejected in spirit than when he had entered it.†
Chpt 3
- The strange resemblance flashed like an arrow through Alyosha's mind in the distress and dejection of that moment.†
Chpt 5 *
- And how many of them depart in solitude, unknown, sad, dejected that no one mourns for them or even knows whether they have lived or not!†
Chpt 6
- Fly from that dejection, children!†
Chpt 6
- He stood still and suddenly wondered, "Why am I sad even to dejection?" and immediately grasped with surprise that his sudden sadness was due to a very small and special cause.†
Chpt 7
- Profound dejection clung about his soul like a heavy mist.†
Chpt 8
- A profound, intense dejection!†
Chpt 8
- He was in great haste, answered abruptly and very strangely, and at moments seemed not at all dejected but quite cheerful.†
Chpt 8
- But he was not merely drowsy from drink; he felt suddenly dejected, or, as he said, "bored."†
Chpt 8
- Do you know, gentlemen, you take me for a different sort of man from what I am," he added, suddenly gloomy and dejected.†
Chpt 9
- Suddenly I noticed for three days in succession he was downcast and dejected, not because of my coldness, but for something else, something more important.†
Chpt 10
- Some were pleased, others frowned, while some were simply dejected, not wanting him to be acquitted.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
-
(dejected) sad and depressed (seemingly without hope)