deject

(dĭ-jĕkt')
tr.v., -ject·ed, -ject·ing, -jects.
To lower the spirits of; dishearten.

[Middle English dejecten, from Latin dēicere, dēiect-, to cast down : dē-, de- + iacere, to throw.]

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verb

To make sad or gloomy: depress, dispirit, oppress, sadden, weigh down. See happy/unhappy.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - deprimere, gøre modløs

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontmoedigen

Français (French)
v. tr. - abattre, décourager (qn)

Deutsch (German)
v. - entmutigen, den Mut nehmen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καταρρίπτω, απορρίπτω, αποκαρδιώνω, πτοώ

Italiano (Italian)
demoralizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desanimar

Русский (Russian)
подавлять, удручать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - desanimar, abatir, desalentar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - göra nedstämd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使沮丧, 使灰心

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使沮喪, 使灰心

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 풀 죽이다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 元気をくじく, 落胆させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يكئب, يجعل شخص حزينا, يوهن العزيمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮דיכא, הישרה עצבות, דיכדך‬

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