thoroughly dejected

Frequency: 7.58.4 per million words

Used to strongly intensify the feeling of dejection.

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Examples (10)

  • They were thoroughly dejected and miserable after hearing the news.
  • After losing the championship game, the team felt thoroughly dejected.
  • He became thoroughly dejected when his proposal was rejected for the third time.
  • She looked at his thoroughly dejected face and knew the interview had gone badly.
  • A thoroughly dejected silence fell over the crowd as their hero was defeated.
  • The artist was left thoroughly dejected by the scathing reviews of his exhibition.
  • I've been feeling thoroughly dejected since the project I worked on for months was cancelled.
  • Walking home alone in the rain, he was a thoroughly dejected figure.
  • The failure of the experiment left the entire research team thoroughly dejected.
  • If he doesn't get into his first-choice university, he will be thoroughly dejected.