"So you're Michael, the mis-understood artist, rejected by his family and friends," the man growled.

rejected 是动词 reject 的过去分词形式，在句中表示被动。reject 由前缀 re-（表示"回、反"）和词根 -ject（来自拉丁语 jacere，意为"投掷"）组成，字面意思是"扔回去"，引申为"拒绝、不接受"的意思。rejected 在这里表示"被拒绝的"状态。