Synonyms of the word

dispirit

• v. (transitive) To lower the morale of; to make despondent; to dishearten.

deject

• v. (transitive) Make sad or dispirited.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To cast down.

demoralise

• v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of demoralize.

demoralize

• v. (American) To destroy morale; to dishearten.

depress

• v. To press down.
• v. To make depressed, sad or bored.
• v. To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
• v. To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
• v. (mathematics) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.

discourage

• v. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
• v. To persuade somebody not to do something.
• n. (rare) Lack of courage.

dismay

• n. A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling…
• n. Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
• v. To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive of firmness and…
• v. To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
• v. To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.