dejected

adjectives

affected or marked by low spirits

"is dejected but trying to look cheerful"

dejected

antonym

elated

is similar to

utterly cast down

amort

is similar to

brought low in spirit

"left us fatigued and deflated spiritually"

chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen, deflated

is similar to

filled with melancholy and despondency

"gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"

blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited

is similar to

moody and melancholic

glum

is similar to

marked by dejection from being alone

"felt sad and lonely"; "the loneliest night of the week"; "lonesome when her husband is away"; "spent a lonesome hour in the bar"

lonely, lonesome

see also

experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent

"unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad"

unhappy