dejection
(noun)
noun
1. a state of melancholy depression
Definition categories: state, depression
2. solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
Similar word(s): faeces, feces, ordure, stool
Definition categories: substance, excrement, excreta, excretion
Sentences with dejection as a noun:
- Adoration implies submission and dejection. — Bishop Pearson.
- A dejection of appetite. — Arbuthnot.