| 单词 | dejection |
| 释义 | dejection (once / 2370 pages) n Someone overcoming the loss of a loved one might be in a state of dejection or depression for some time. It's all part of the grieving process. Dejection comes from the Latin deicere meaning "throw down." When you're in a state of dejection, your emotions are really thrown down in the dumps. Dejection is also a fancy word for the solid excretory product your bowels release, or in other words: poop. Regardless of which definition you're using, it's safe to say that when it comes to your well-being, dejection is just not something you want to hang onto. WORD FAMILYdejection: dejections+/deject: dejected, dejecting, dejection, dejects/dejected: dejectedly, dejectedness USAGE EXAMPLESAs if in answer to my dejection, a new and unexpected opportunity soon presented itself. Washington Post(Dec 02, 2016) At the White House, as elsewhere, dread and dejection were compounded by shock. The New Yorker(Nov 17, 2016) The mood outside the room turned from confusion to disbelief, anger and dejection. Washington Post(Nov 09, 2016) 1n a state of melancholy depression Hyper depression a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity 2n solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels Syn|Hypo|Hyper BM, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, stool dog do, dog turd, doggy do fecal droppings from a dog droppings, dung, muckfecal matter of animals meconiumthick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child melaena, melenaabnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding) buffalo chip, chip, cow chip, cow dunga piece of dried bovine dung coprolitefossil excrement; petrified dung pigeon droppingsdroppings of pigeons cow pie, cowpiefecal matter of a cow body waste, excrement, excreta, excretion, excretory product waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body |
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