dejectedness
(dɪˈdʒɛktɪdnɪs)
[-ness.]
† 1. The state of being cast down or humbled (in fortunes, condition, etc.); abasement. Obs.
| 1608 Bp. Hall Char. Virtues & V. i. 27 No Man sets so low a value of his worth as himselfe, not out of ignorance..but of a voluntary and meeke deiectednesse. 1646 W. Jenkyn Remora 15 Lownes and dejectednes of estate. 1721 R. Keith tr. T. à Kempis's Solil. Soul iv. 139 Behold, O Lord, the Dejectedness of my State. |
2. The state of being downcast or depressed in spirits.
| 1633 Bp. Hall Hard Texts 88 An heart full of dejectedness and dismay. c 1740 Mrs. Delany Autobiog. (1861) I. 13 The dejectedness of my mother's spirits. 1884 Manch. Exam. 29 Nov. 5/3 The same spirit of..dejectedness which marks the long-suffering Cockney. |