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despondent — adj Despondent, despairing, desperate, hopeless, forlorn mean having lost all or practically all hope. The same distinctions in implications and connotations are to be found in their corresponding nouns despondency, despair, desperation,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
depress — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To bring to a lower level or state] Syn. press down, squash, reduce; see deaden 1 , dent , flatten , lower , press 1 . 2. [To lower in spirits] Syn. dispirit, dampen, dishearten, discourage, dismay, mortify, sadden, weary,… … English dictionary for students
depress — v. a. 1. Lower, detrude, drop, sink, bow, reduce, press down, let down, let fall, cast down, bring down. 2. Degrade, humble, disgrace, humiliate, debase, abase, abash, bring low, take down. 3. Discourage, dishearten, dispirit, deject, damp,… … New dictionary of synonyms
depress — I verb abase, bring down, bring low, cause to sink, cheapen, dampen, darken, decline, decrease, deflate, deject, depreciate, deteriorate, devaluate, devalue, diminish, discourage, dispirit, drop, ebb, flatten, indent, lessen, lower, make… … Law dictionary
deject — v. a. Dishearten, dispirit, discourage, depress, sadden, make despondent, make sad … New dictionary of synonyms
unman — v. a. 1. Emasculate, castrate, geld, deprive of virility. 2. Dishearten, discourage, make despondent, deject. 3. Weaken, debilitate, effeminate, emolliate, enfeeble, unnerve, make effeminate. 4. Deprive of men … New dictionary of synonyms
oppress — verb 1) the invaders oppressed the people Syn: persecute, abuse, maltreat, ill treat, tyrannize, crush, repress, suppress, subjugate, subdue, keep down, grind down, ride roughshod over, rule with an iron fist/hand 2) the darkness of … Thesaurus of popular words
depress — [v1] deject, make despondent; exhaust abase, afflict, ail, bear down, beat, beat down*, bother, bug*, bum out*, cast down, chill*, cow*, damp, dampen, darken, daunt, debase, debilitate, degrade, desolate, devitalize, discourage, dishearten,… … New thesaurus
dispirit — verb Lower the morale of; make despondent; dishearten … Wiktionary
dishearten — v.tr. cause to lose courage or confidence; make despondent. Derivatives: dishearteningly adv. disheartenment n … Useful english dictionary
