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# dejection

«dejection» in Mova's school dictionary: **a feeling of sadness and low spirits, with no hope or energy** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Dejection is a feeling of sadness and low spirits, with no hope or energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dejection/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in the tales a hero or king falls into dejection after a loss, and must be cheered up before he can act

### examples

- After losing the match she sat in dejection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dejection/#x1)
- His dejection lifted when his friend came back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dejection/#x2)
- The king's dejection was clear to all his sons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dejection/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dejection» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dejection/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.