de·ject /dɪˈʤɛkt, di-/
(vt.)使沮喪,使灰心
De·ject v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Dejecting.]
1. To cast down. [Obs. or Archaic]
Christ dejected himself even unto the hells. --Udall.
Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look. --Fuller.
2. To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten.
Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. --Pope.
De·ject, a. Dejected. [Obs.]
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deject
v : lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news
depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health
demoralizes her" [syn: depress, cast down, get down,
dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise] [ant:
elate]