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deject.

Make sad or dispirited.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/dɪˈdʒɛkt/UK
  1. Make sad or dispirited.

    transitive
  2. To cast downward.

    obsolete · transitive
  3. To debase or humble.

Where this word comes from

From Old French dejeter, from Latin dēiectus, past participle of dēicere (“to throw down”), from dē- (“from, down from”) + iacere (“to throw”).

noun/dɪˈdʒɛkt/UK
  1. One who is lowly or abject.

  2. A waste product.

    plural-normally
Where this word comes from

From Old French dejeter, from Latin dēiectus, past participle of dēicere (“to throw down”), from dē- (“from, down from”) + iacere (“to throw”).

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