dejected

Modifying Another Word

• quite: If your mood is quite dejected, bomb Iraq.
• somewhat: Then he returned toward the encampment with a somewhat dejected air.
• totally: Molenaar picked up an injury and looked totally dejected ( as well as being injured ) as he went off.
• too: When you feel little or no inward devotion, you should especially humiliate yourself, but do not become too dejected or unreasonably sad.
• very: The tray swerved passed leaving me feeling very dejected.

Modifies a noun

• bird: The ducklings were already fully grown, white feathered, beautiful but dejected birds.
• look: Adelaide made no reply, but she gave him a look of deep melancholy, a sad, dejected look, which pained him.
• man: Out in the kitchen there was a dejected young man of twelve, who had just about had enough that day.
• people: But what Isaiah wants these depressed and dejected people to listen to is a message of encouragement.
• figure: The French number 1 was clearly a dejected figure as she hurriedly went to book a flight home tonight.
• animal: Dosing diseased and dejected animals produces a major proportion of their income.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: I put the phone down and felt quite dejected.
• look: The players are in front of us celebrating, Palace fans stand around looking dejected.