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Meanings of dejection in English
Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels.
Usage of dejection in English
1
RECREATION, n. A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue.
2
A gesture of despair betrayed the terrible dejection of the poor girl.
3
The attitude of the horse was one of extreme and wearied dejection.
4
But now the girls re-entered the room with looks of deep dejection.
5
The prohibition of visits to the kitchen has reduced them to dejection.
6
To-day Lady Palliser and her step-daughter took their tea in silent dejection.
7
Her eyes clouded as he went on; utter dejection came into them.
8
He worshiped Milita; his dejection when she treated him ill was pitiful.
9
In this he succeeded not at all; Mr. Cuyler's dejection was settled.
10
In its place was dejection, and a gloomy distrust of suspicious appearances.
11
So he fell silent, and walked along in greater dejection than ever.
12
In my dejection I took a new view of the night's outrage.
13
The look which accompanied his last announcement was one of utter dejection.
14
Nor was this dejection occasioned wholly by the consciousness of laurels tarnished.
15
Next to madness occur the different stages of spleen, dejection and listlessness.
16
His head bowed lower, and he became the very picture of dejection.
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