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The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.
Gustave Flaubert

Meaning of "dejection" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEJECTION

dejection  [dɪˈdʒɛkʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEJECTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dejection is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEJECTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dejection

Depression (mood)

Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behavior, feelings and sense of well-being. Depressed people can feel sad, anxious, empty, hopeless, worried, helpless, worthless, guilty, irritable, hurt, or restless. They may lose interest in activities that once were pleasurable, experience loss of appetite or overeating, have problems concentrating, remembering details, or making decisions, and may contemplate, attempt, or commit suicide. Insomnia, excessive sleeping, fatigue, loss of energy, or aches, pains, or digestive problems may also be present. Depressed mood is not always a psychiatric disorder. It may also be a normal reaction to certain life events, a symptom of some medical conditions, or a side effect of some drugs or medical treatments. Depressed mood is also a primary or associated feature of certain psychiatric syndromes such as clinical depression.

Definition of dejection in the English dictionary

The first definition of dejection in the dictionary is lowness of spirits; depression; melancholy. Other definition of dejection is faecal matter evacuated from the bowels; excrement. Dejection is also the act of defecating; defecation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEJECTION


abjection
æbˈdʒɛkʃən
bijection
baɪˈdʒɛkʃən
collection
kəˈlɛkʃən
connection
kəˈnɛkʃən
correction
kəˈrɛkʃən
direction
dɪˈrɛkʃən
disjection
dɪsˈdʒɛkʃən
injection
ɪnˈdʒɛkʃən
interjection
ˌɪntəˈdʒɛkʃən
introjection
ˌɪntrəˈdʒɛkʃən
microinjection
ˌmaɪkrəʊɪnˈdʒɛkʃən
objection
əbˈdʒɛkʃən
postinjection
ˌpəʊstɪnˈdʒɛkʃən
projection
prəˈdʒɛkʃən
protection
prəˈtɛkʃən
section
ˈsɛkʃən
selection
sɪˈlɛkʃən
subjection
səbˈdʒɛkʃən
surjection
sɜːˈdʒɛkʃən
trajection
trəˈdʒɛkʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEJECTION

deistical
deistically
deities
deity
deixis
deject
dejecta
dejected
dejectedly
dejectedness
dejectory
dejeune
dejeuner
dekagram
dekaliter
dekalitre
dekalogy
dekameter
dekametre
dekametric

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEJECTION

accreditation
action
addiction
attraction
auction
construction
course of action
election
fiction
function
inspection
instruction
interaction
introduction
out of action
production
reaction
reduction
reproduction
satisfaction
transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of dejection in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DEJECTION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dejection» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of dejection

Translation of «dejection» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEJECTION

Find out the translation of dejection to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dejection from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dejection» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

沮丧
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

abatimiento
570 millions of speakers

English

dejection
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निराशा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاكتئاب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

уныние
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

abatimento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নৈরাশা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

abattement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kecewa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Niedergeschlagenheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

落胆
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

낙담
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dejection
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự nga lòng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மனவருத்தம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विलंब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

keyifsizlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

abbattimento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przygnębienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зневіру
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

deprimare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατήφεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

neerslagtigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nedslagenhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

motløshet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dejection

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEJECTION»

The term «dejection» is regularly used and occupies the 107.912 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEJECTION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dejection

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QUOTES WITH «DEJECTION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dejection.
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Gustave Flaubert
The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEJECTION»

Discover the use of dejection in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dejection and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cold World: The Aesthetics of Dejection and the Politics of ...
In this book, the dark serenity of dejection is examined through a study of the poetry of Hopkins and Coleridge, and the music of depressive black metal artists such as Burzum and Xasthur.
Dominic Fox, 2009
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The Visionary Company: A Reading of English Romantic Poetry
There is only one voice in Dejection: An Ode. In this poem Coleridge does not argue with himself, though he has need to do so. But the voice is turned against itself with an intensity that only the greatest poets have been able to bring over into ...
Harold Bloom, 1971
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A dictionary of the Bengalee language. 2 vols. [in 3. Vol. 1 ...
47. A^ftslUpffto*, a. (from Mfralir, this dejection, and pif**. a cause', caused by or arising from this dejection; ad. from or because of this dejection. *sf«ai!ipf»rs, ad. (from jwfaafc, this dejection, and flflrs, a cause), for this dejection. JWfastirra*, a.
William Carey, 1825
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Dual-process Theories in Social Psychology
The cheerfulness-dejection dimension is especially significant for promotion self- regulation, whereas the quiescence-agitation dimension is especially significant for prevention self-regulation. The significance of a particular emotional ...
Shelly Chaiken, Yaacov Trope, 1999
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A Dictionary of the Bengala Language: In which the Words are ...
4«. •^fsreiKpiprs*, a. (from MfTBlT, this dejection, and ftps, a cause), caused by or arising from this dejection; ad. from fir because of this dejection, jafta-tufflpra, ad. ( from JusftatK, this dejection, and piPls, a cause), for tiiis dejection. •Mftstn^ra, a.
William Carey, 1825
6
Coleridge's Imagination: Essays in Memory of Pete Laver
What of the Ode's dejection? We may need to turn to Coleridge the philosopher in any case to gain dejection's full import, or acquire some obj edification, of dejection's irreducible object. For the philosophic critic of the Biographia 'the spirit is ...
Richard Gravil, Lucy Newlyn, Nicholas Roe, 1985
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S.T. Coleridge
poems, however, Dejection : An ode — in its original form a verse-letter to Sara Hutchinson — answers fully to the ideal of poetical completeness that Coleridge came to define in Biographia as a condition of 'judgement ever awake and steady  ...
Sunil Kumar Sarker, 2001
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Communication, Social Cognition, and Affect
cThe terms mother dejection, father dejection, mother agitation, and father agitation, refer to specific emotion reported as experienced in relationship with the identified parent. examining Affective Specificity. In order to examine Affective  ...
Lewis Donohew, Howard E. Sypher, Edward Tory Higgins, 1988
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American and British Poetry: A Guide to the Criticism, 1925-1978
(P) "Dejection: an Ode" M. H. ABRAMS. "The Correspondent Breeze: A Romantic Metaphor," in English Romantic Poets, pp. 38-39. M. H. ABRAMS. "Structure and Style In the Greater Romantic Lyric," in From Sensibility to Romanticism, p. 551.
‎1984
10
Three to Twenty-One Days?Esther?s Progressive Prayer Fast
In the name ofJesus, and with the authority in the blood ofJesus, I bind and uproot the tree of curses planted against my life, I speak to the tree of rejection and dejection that affects my life. You shall not prosper against my destiny. I command ...
Dr. Pauline Walley-Daniels, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEJECTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dejection is used in the context of the following news items.
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#TheToughest Issue: Have Cork missed their chance to beat Kerry?
... their lung-bursting performance so deserved. So to see the dejection coursing through the side as if they had missed their last chance was somewhat telling. «SportsJOE, Jul 15»
2
Walk The World: 10 Life Lessons You Can Learn On The Hiking Trail
Far too often, we give up on our hopes and dreams easily, overcome by dejection or disappointment. On the trail, you learn that as long as you ... «Elite Daily, Jul 15»
3
As recovery picks up we must revisit underfunding in third level
We as students are faced with a choice between dejection and outrage and, from the National College of Art and Design to Trinity, increasingly ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
4
Can Amama Break Mr Museveni's Spinal Cord?
When Mbabazi eventually declared, he forced his former boss to vent his dejection so hurriedly that he could not wait to prepare what to tell ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
5
Tour de France - Seraing - Cambrai
20km - Pinot has only just got a new wheel and his face is a picture of utter dejection. 21km - Thibaut Pinot is struggling to keep with the main ... «Yahoo Eurosport UK, Jul 15»
6
Lack of new Greek proposals leaves eurozone leaders on edge
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras strode into a summit of eurozone leaders with a beaming smile Tuesday, but was met with anger, dejection ... «The Sun Chronicle, Jul 15»
7
The Awe-Inspiring Experience of Jurassic World
The kind of film that leaves the audience with feelings of both dejection and euphoria, that feels good but unsatisfying at the same time. Like the ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
8
I've been in Britain's grimmest prisons, but Pentonville's the worst
... some looking at their feet in dejection, others desperately trying to impose a hierarchy as quickly as possible, as macho men forever will. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
9
Lev: Spurned, bottom-feeding Lakers remain the talk of the town
Then, in a matter of days, anticipation and hope turned into dejection and despair. One would-be rim protector after another rejected the Lakers. «OCRegister, Jul 15»
10
Chi-Signs Festival 2015
Les Black's plaintively sung tales of loss and beautiful dejection are sensitively accompanied on acoustic guitar by enigmatic sidekick Steve ... «The Speaker, Jul 15»

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