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How to pronounce dejection in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bm, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, stool
Type of body waste, excrement, excreta, excretion, excretory product
Has types dog turd, doggy do, droppings, dung, poop, shit, shite, turd, meconium, melaena, melena, muck, crap, dirt, dog do, dog shit
Type Words
Type of depression
Derivation deject

Examples of dejection

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Should they lose, you dare not imagine the depth of the dejection and deflation.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The AID administrator's dejection-if not his figure of speech-was understandable.
From the time.com
That ravaged complexion, good Lord, and the dejection in those sore-looking eyes.
From the heraldtribune.com
He slumps in dejection when his long-view pronouncements don't stop the nation.
From the time.com
Four days in and a sense of dejection and despondency is seeping through the halls.
From the economist.com
This sura was meant to uplift his spirits and comfort him in his time of dejection.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Chris Nelson's dejection shows Tuesday night after the Padres beat the Rockies 7-6.
From the denverpost.com
Seldom have I seen an actor portray dejection and depression so comically.
From the thenewstribune.com
There were a few smiles but they largely struggled to hide their dejection.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • A state of melancholy depression
  • Fecal matter: solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
  • (deject) depress: lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
  • (dejected) affected or marked by low spirits; "is dejected but trying to look cheerful"
  • Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity. Depressed people may feel sad, anxious, empty, hopeless, helpless, worthless, guilty, irritable or restless. ...
  • (dejected) Sad and dispirited
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