The adjective “dejected” and the short form “dejected” from it are used quite rarely today and, as a rule, only in fiction. What is the meaning of this word, what derivatives we know of it, and what synonyms can be chosen - read about this in our short article.
Meaning and Origin
"Dejected" is a short communion and an adjective derived from the obsolete verb "depress", which, according to dictionaries, means: "burden", "burden" or "be someone a burden."
In the dictionary of V. I. Dahl we find the meanings - “oppress”, “torment”, “torment someone with bodily or moral care”.
However, what are the ancient roots of the word?
“An entertaining etymological dictionary” compiled by the Leningrad writer N. M. Gol in 2007, thus, addressing the reader, explains the origin of “depressing”:
But do not suffer too much if you were upset with a remark or a bad mark. You are still lucky! Are you really depressed? At the dawn of the emergence of this word, the dejected accounted for much worse than now. To “knock” meant to torment, to torment, the word is formed from “druk” - a stick, a pole, hence the “bastard”. So initially to depress meant to beat with a stick, a club.
So, in modern usage, the word "dejected" is burdened, burdened, tormented, oppressed.
Gang words
Derivatives of the verb "depressing" - the adjective "dejected", the noun "dejection", the adverb "dejected", the participle "depressing", the participle "depressing".
The word "dejected" may appear as a short adjective if it is derived from "dejected". Form structural units: dejected, dejected, dejected.
Or as a short communion (singular, perfect form, passive voice) - if it comes from the verb "depress". The forms of the word are the same as above.
So “dejected” is what part of speech? To distinguish them will help the context of the parsed sentences.
Examples:
Angry longing is dejected
She flies to the ant.
(I. A. Krylov, Dragonfly and Ant, 1808).
Here the word "dejected" - this is the sacrament, is part of the sacrament "evil anguished dejected".
Consider another example:
"She was saddened by her family’s plight."
Here, on the contrary, the word "dejected" is a short adjective that is part of the compound nominal predicate "was dejected."
Similar expressions
According to the given values, it is possible to choose a synonymous series for this word.
The synonyms for “dejected” are: “exhausted,” as well as “afflicted,” “oppressed,” “suppressed.”