The interpretation of the word “dejected” is given by all known explanatory dictionaries. They do this not only from the standpoint of explaining its meaning, but also give examples of application. For a more complete understanding, one should also look at the interpretation of derivative forms - “depressing”, “depressing”.
Word interpretation
The most detailed and complete concept of the word is given in the Dahl dictionary. It says that dejected is:
• weighed down, aggravated;
• oppressed, oppressed;
• tormented, weary - bodily or moral.
The meaning of the word according to Ephraim also explains the categorical forms of words - an extremely distressed person, an extremely depressed state. Ushakov’s dictionary further indicates that a dejected person is frustrated or sad. In Ozhegov’s dictionary along with the mentioned meanings there is such an interpretation as “suppressed”. Belonging to parts of speech of a word is given in some dictionaries. For example, in Ushakov the word dejected is a passive participle of the past kind from the original form of “depress”. It is also possible to consider the word as an adjective, for example, in the context of the phrase “dejected appearance”. In addition to describing the appearance, the word is also used in combination with the words: sigh, tone, voice, gaze.
Examples of use
It is best to understand the word "dejected" whose meaning is conveyed in the context of individual phrases. Examples of such revolutions include:
1. "Angry melancholy dejected" - in the work of Krylov.
2. Poverty, hungry children, his illness are endlessly depressing.
3. Regular fans are depressed by the fact that, after a good pre-season preparation, the team was not able to open up in the first half of the game season.
Sometimes the meaning of “dejected” is an unusual fantasy of the author: “... an impenetrable and depressing night of our soul, which we ourselves regard as emptiness and non-existence.” The most famous is the phrase of Robinson Crusoe, who had just mastered on his uninhabited island: "At first I was seized with some haste and so dejected that my mood should certainly be reflected in those entries that I did in the diary."