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deject

 
Dictionary: de·ject   (dĭ-jĕkt') pronunciation
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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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
  Synonyms: depress, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise


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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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