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
Laughing
Laughing adjective - Indicative of or marked by high spirits or good humor.
Usage example: the satisfying comedy put us in a laughing mood for the rest of the evening
Both words in one sentence
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One strip has it fly around looking dejected, managing to get Prunelle and De Mesmaeker to mutually give up on the contracts, getting Lebrac to rip up his work... and then it starts laughing.
Source: Comic Book / Gaston Lagaffe
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