"dejected" in the verb sense
1. depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
lower someone's spirits make downhearted
"These news depressed her"
"The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
"dejected" in the adjective sense
1. dejected
affected or marked by low spirits
"is dejected but trying to look cheerful"
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