dejection
5 synonyms and 5 antonyms for dejection, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A feeling of sadness or gloom; low spirits.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
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Etymology
Dejection comes from Old French dejection, from Latin dejectio (“a casting down”); by surface analysis it is also deject + -ion.
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