Dejection is a feeling of sadness that you get, for example, when you have just been disappointed by something.
There was a slight air of ~ about her.
= despondency
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Dejection is a feeling of sadness that you get, for example, when you have just been disappointed by something.
There was a slight air of ~ about her.
= despondency
N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012