2 uses
(click/touch triangles for details)
Definition
sad and depressed (seemingly without hope)
- He walked in front with Frodo; next came Merry and Pippin; and last came Sam leading the pony, which was laden with as much of their baggage as they had the heart to give it; but already it looked less dejected, as if it approved of the change in its fortunes.1.11 — Book 1 Chapter 11 — A Knife in the Dark (24% in)
- Bill the pony stood patiently but dejectedly in front of the hobbits, and screened them a little; but before long the drifting snow was above his hocks, and it went on mounting.2.3 — Book 2 Chapter 3 — The Ring Goes South (80% in)
There are no more uses of "dejected" in The Fellowship of the Ring.
Typical Usage
(best examples)