rejected
Translation
refused, turned down
Examples
He felt rejected by his friends.
He felt rejected by his friends.
This is a pile of rejected applications.
This is a pile of rejected applications.
Grammar Patterns
((as an adjective before a noun)) describing sth. that has been refused. This is a pile of rejected applications.
((as a predicative adjective)) feeling refused or unwanted. He felt rejected by his friends.
Similar Words
Synonyms: refused, denied, discarded; Antonyms: accepted, approved
Etymology
Past participle of 'reject', from Latin 're-' (back) + 'jacere' (to throw). It describes the state of having been 'thrown back'.
Memory Tips
This is the state of something or someone after being the object of the verb 'to reject'. It has been refused.