dejected
dih-JEK-tidadjMeaning sad and discouraged; low in spirits
Memory hook DE-JECT-ed: THROWN DOWN. The wind throws Jonah’s new kite down into the mud, and his spirits fall with it: he sits slumped and dejected.
After missing the bus to the big game, Kai sat on the curb looking dejected.
In context The players had counted on a win, so they trudged off the muddy field dejected, heads down and hardly speaking.
Similar downcast, discouraged, dispirited, glum
Opposite elated, cheerful, upbeat
From Latin deicere, “to throw down”: de (down) + jacere (to throw).