dejection

/dɪˈdʒɛkʃɪn/

/dɪˈdʒɛkʃən/

Other forms: dejections

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.

Definitions of dejection

1. noun

   a state of melancholy depression
   type of:

   depression

   a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
2. noun

   solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
   synonyms: BM, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, stool

   types:

   dog do, dog turd, doggy do

   fecal droppings from a dog

   droppings, dung, muck

   fecal matter of animals

   meconium

   thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child

   melaena, melena

   abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding)

   buffalo chip, chip, cow chip, cow dung

   a piece of dried bovine dung

   coprolite

   fossil excrement; petrified dung

   pigeon droppings

   droppings of pigeons

   cow pie, cowpie

   fecal matter of a cow

   type of:

   body waste, excrement, excreta, excretion, excretory product

   waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body