Definitions for dejection
dɪˈdʒɛk ʃənde·jec·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. dejectionnoun

   a state of melancholy depression

2. fecal matter, faecal matter, feces, faeces, BM, stool, ordure, dejectionnoun

   solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dejectionnoun

   a state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues

2. dejectionnoun

   The act of humbling or abasing oneself.

   Adoration implies submission and dejection. uE000145796uE001 Bishop Pearson.

3. dejectionnoun

   A low condition; weakness; inability.

   A dejection of appetite. uE000145797uE001 Arbuthnot.

4. dejectionnoun

   Defecation or feces.

5. Etymology: From dejectio.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dejectionnoun

   Etymology: dejection, Fr. from dejectio, Lat.

   1. A lowness of spirits; melancholy.

   What besides
   Of sorrow, and dejection, and despair,
   Our frailty can sustain, thy tidings bring,
   Departure from this happy place. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   Deserted and astonished, he sinks into utter dejection; and even hope itself is swallowed up in despair. John Rogers, Sermons.

   2. Weakness; inability.

   The effects of such an alkalescent state, in any great degree, are thirst and a dejection of appetite, which putrid things occasion more than any other. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

   3. [In medicine.] A going to stool.

   The liver should continually separate the choler from the blood, and empty it into the intestines, where there is good use for it, not only to provoke dejection, but also to attenuate the chyle. John Ray, on the Creation.

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1. dejection

   "Dejection: An Ode" is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1802. The poem in its original form was written to Sara Hutchinson, a woman who was not his wife, and discusses his feelings of love for her. The various versions of the poem describe Coleridge's inability to write poetry and living in a state of paralysis, but published editions remove his personal feelings and mention of Hutchinson.

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1. dejection

   Dejection is a state of sadness, despair, or depression, often resulting from disappointment, frustration, or loss. It refers to the feeling of being disheartened or emotionally low.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Dejectionnoun

   a casting down; depression

2. Dejectionnoun

   the act of humbling or abasing one's self

3. Dejectionnoun

   lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy

4. Dejectionnoun

   a low condition; weakness; inability

5. Dejectionnoun

   the discharge of excrement

6. Dejectionnoun

   faeces; excrement

7. Etymology: [L. dejectio a casting down: cf. F. djection.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dejection in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dejection in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of dejection in a Sentence

1. Marc Morial:

   Frustration is not a strategy, and it leads to dejection and defeat if we allow it to consume our thinking, we have to push back even in the most difficult times we have faced as people. The times demand that we be resolute.

2. Henry David Thoreau, Walden; Where I Lived, And What I Lived For:

   I do not propose to write an ode to dejection, but to brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake his neighbours up.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dejection
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dejection
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=dejection
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dejection
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dejection