dispirit
verb
[ dɪˈspɪrɪt ]
• cause (someone) to lose enthusiasm or hope.
• "the army was dispirited by the uncomfortable winter conditions"
Similar:
dishearten,
discourage,
demoralize,
cast down,
make dejected,
make downhearted,
depress,
dismay,
disappoint,
daunt,
deter,
unman,
unnerve,
crush,
sap,
shake,
throw,
cow,
subdue,
undermine,
dampen someone's spirits,
bring low,
knock sideways,
knock the stuffing out of,
knock for six,
give someone the blues,
deject,
disheartened,
discouraged,
demoralized,
downcast,
low,
low-spirited,
dejected,
downhearted,
depressed,
disconsolate,
crushed,
shattered,
sapped,
shaken,
thrown,
cowed,
subdued,
blue,
fed up,
brassed off,
cheesed off,
disheartening,
depressing,
discouraging,
disappointing,
daunting,
disenchanting,
demoralizing,
unfavourable,
inauspicious,
off-putting,
pessimistic,
hopeless,
grim,
dismal,
gloomy,
sombre,
cheerless,
black,
morbid,
dejecting,
