All 5 Uses
dejected
in
The Iceman Cometh
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- He gets up with a hurt glance at Larry, and moves away to take a chair in back of the left end of the table, where he sits in dejected, shaking misery, his chin on his chest.†
Act 2
- McGLOIN—(dejectedly) Yes, once Bessie's relations get their hooks in him, it'll be as tough for us as if she wasn't gone.†
Act 2 *dejectedly = with low spirits (sadness, disappointment, hopelessness)
- MOSHER—(dejectedly) Yes, Harry has always been weak and easily influenced, and now he's getting old he'll be an easy mark for those grafters.†
Act 2
- He sighs dejectedly†
Act 3
- HOPE—(dejectedly) Good-bye, Captain.†
Act 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(dejected) feeling sad, disappointed, or low in spirits -- especially after a loss or setback
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)