feeling of dejection
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dejection — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Sadness Nouns 1. dejection, dejectedness, depression; lowness or depression of spirits; weight or damp on the spirits; low, bad, drooping, or depressed spirits; sinking heart, heaviness of heart;… … English dictionary for students
dejection — [[t]dɪʤe̱kʃ(ə)n[/t]] N UNCOUNT Dejection is a feeling of sadness that you get, for example, when you have just been disappointed by something. There was a slight air of dejection about her. Syn: despondency … English dictionary
dejection — de|jec|tion [ dı dʒekʃən ] noun uncount the feeling of being dejected … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
dejection — UK [dɪˈdʒekʃ(ə)n] / US [dɪˈdʒekʃən] noun [uncountable] the feeling of being dejected … English dictionary
depression — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. the angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon b. the size of an angle of depression 2. an act of depressing or a state of being depressed: as a. a pressing down ; … New Collegiate Dictionary
damper — I (depressant) noun backset, bleakness, cheerlessness, chill, cloud, crushed spirits, depressing influence, discouragement, disheartener, downheartedness, feeling of dejection, feeling of depression, gloom, glumness, heaviness, heaviness of… … Law dictionary
lonely, lonesome — These words mean about the same thing and are frequently used interchangeably. A lonely person is likely to be lonesome because he is without companions or remote from places of human habitation. Lonesome, rather than lonely, is more often used… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
letdown — [let′doun΄] n. 1. a slowing up or feeling of dejection, as after great excitement, effort, etc. 2. the gliding descent of an airplane as it prepares to land 3. a disappointment or disillusionment … English World dictionary
Ode: Intimations of Immortality — For the musical work by Gerald Finzi, see Intimations of Immortality. Poem s title page from 1815 collection of Poems Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood (also known as Ode, Immortality Ode or Great Ode) is a… … Wikipedia
Conversation poems — Samuel Taylor Coleridge portrayed by Washington Allston in 1814 The conversation poems are a group of eight poems composed by Samuel Taylor Coleridge … Wikipedia
