deject

• Verbe littéraire ou vieilli signifiant abattre, décourager ou rendre triste et démoralisé.

An obsolete verb meaning to cast down or dispirit; to make sad or despondent.

1. Make sad or dispiritedC1formal

   To cause someone to feel sad, depressed, or discouraged.

   décourager, abattre

   • The constant criticism dejected him deeply.
   • Her failure to win the competition dejected her for weeks.
   • The gloomy weather dejected the entire team.

   Synonymescast downdemoralizedepressdiscouragedisheartendismaydispiritedsadden

   Antonymescheerelateencourageinspire