dejected
v.feeling very sad and disappointed because something bad happened. You use this when you are low in spirit and feel like you have failed.
v.feeling or showing a sense of deep disappointment, sadness, or discouragement. Often used to describe a person's emotional state after a failure or loss.
“He looked dejected after hearing the bad news.”
“The team sat in the locker room in a dejected silence after the final whistle blew.”
“Despite the initial excitement of the project, the team grew increasingly dejected as the budget cuts began to stifle their creative vision.”
“After last year’s decision, the dejected Dabrowski turned to social media as he faced losing the dog who has been with him for more than half her life.”
“A male character is slumped on a chair, dejected; the shot moves in close to focus on their draped fingers.”
From deject + -ed.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.