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abattu

dejected

adjective ah-bah-TY Rare
Mind & Emotions Emotions

Also means

downcast

Usage Note

Abattu is the past participle of abattre (to knock down, slaughter) used adjectivally to mean emotionally crushed or dispirited. The feminine form is abattue. It can also describe physical exhaustion: abattu par la fièvre (laid low by fever).

Examples

"Il est rentré chez lui abattu après la nouvelle."

Natural Translation

He came home dejected after the news.

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