'Dejected' definitions:

Definition of 'dejected'

From: WordNet
adjective
Affected or marked by low spirits; "is dejected but trying to look cheerful" [ant: elated]

Definition of 'Dejected'

From: GCIDE
  • Dejected \De*ject"ed\, a. Cast down; afflicted; low-spirited; sad; as, a dejected look or countenance. -- {De*ject"ed*ly}, adv. -- {De*ject"ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Dejected'

From: GCIDE
  • Deject \De*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Dejecting.] [L. dejectus, p. p. of dejicere to throw down; de- + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]
  • 1. To cast down. [Obs. or Archaic] [1913 Webster]
  • Christ dejected himself even unto the hells. --Udall. [1913 Webster]
  • Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten. [1913 Webster]
  • Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. --Pope. [1913 Webster]