| VERB | emotion | dispirit, depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, demoralize, demoralise | lower someone's spirits |
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| Meaning | lower someone's spirits; make downhearted. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will dispirit him | |
| Synonyms | depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, demoralize, demoralise | |
| Narrower | chill | depress or discourage |
| Broader | discourage | deprive of courage or hope |
| Opposite | elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate | Fill with high spirits |
| Spanish | abatir, deprimir, desalentar, desanimar, desmoralizar, espantar | |
| Catalan | abatre, deprimir, desanimar, descoratjar, desmoralitzar | |
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