Dejected
Dejected adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Usage example: the dejected players slowly made their way back to the locker room, where they could mourn their defeat in private
Dolorous and dejected are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dolorous" instead an adjective "Dejected". literary substitute
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- melancholy and dejected
- melancholy and dolorous
- woeful and dejected
- woeful and dolorous
- downcast and dejected
- downcast and dolorous
- depressed and dejected
- depressed and dolorous
- sad and dejected
- sad and dolorous
- unhappy and dejected
- unhappy and dolorous
- dispirited and dejected
- dispirited and dolorous
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Dolorous and Dejected. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dejected/dolorous
Dejected & Dolorous. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dejected/dolorous>.
Dolorous or Dejected. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dejected/dolorous.
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