rejectee
One turned down
A rejectee is someone who has been rejected—turned down for a job, denied admission, or refused in romance.
The word is mildly humorous, emphasizing the passive position of the person rejected: The rejectees gathered in the hallway after the audition.
Compare with the more common *reject* as a noun.
Shunned, rejected person
- pariahRejected, shunned person
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- blackballedRejected by anonymous vote
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
banished · exiled · expelled · marginalized · blacklisted · debarred · unwelcome · undesirable
One who formally requests
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- aspirantOne seeking advancement
- hopefulFeeling positive expectation
- intervieweePerson being formally questioned
contender · prospect · nominee · petitioner · auditioner · enrollee · jobseeker · postulant
Sadness from unmet expectations
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- letdownFailure to satisfy expectations
- dejectionState of lowness
- dismayDistressed loss of courage
crestfallen · despondent · deflated · dispirited · downcast · disheartened · humiliated · wounded
Refusal to accept reality
- refusalAct of declining
- turndownAct of declining
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
- dismissalRemoval from position
decline · nonacceptance · repudiation · veto · pass · thumbs-down · nix · disqualification
outcast
Shunned, rejected person
- pariahRejected, shunned person
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- blackballedRejected by anonymous vote
shunned · banished · exiled · expelled · marginalized · blacklisted · debarred · unwelcome · undesirable · sidelined
applicant
One who formally requests
interviewee · contender · prospect · nominee · petitioner · auditioner · enrollee · jobseeker · postulant · entrant
disappointment
Sadness from unmet expectations
dismay · crestfallen · despondent · deflated · dispirited · downcast · disheartened · humiliated · wounded · crushed
denial
Refusal to accept reality
dismissal · decline · nonacceptance · repudiation · veto · pass · thumbs-down · nix · disqualification · elimination
- fear of rejectionDread of being refused
- rejection letterWritten refusal notice
- organ rejectionBody fighting foreign tissue
- social rejectionExclusion by one's peers
- transplant rejectionImmune attack on implanted tissue
- rejection slipWritten refusal from publisher
reject, rejected, rejection, rejecting, rejections, rejecters, rejecter, rejectees, rejectable