deject

deject
    v 1: lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news
         depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health
         demoralizes her" [syn: {depress}, {deject}, {cast down},
         {get down}, {dismay}, {dispirit}, {demoralize},
         {demoralise}] [ant: {elate}, {intoxicate}, {lift up}, {pick
         up}, {uplift}]
    

Deject \De*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dejected}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Dejecting}.] [L. dejectus, p. p. of dejicere to throw
   down; de- + jacere to throw. See {Jet} a shooting forth.]
   1. To cast down. [Obs. or Archaic]
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            Christ dejected himself even unto the hells.
                                                  --Udall.
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            Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming
            civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a
            modest look.                          --Fuller.
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   2. To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage;
      to dishearten.
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            Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. --Pope.
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Deject \De*ject"\, a. [L. dejectus, p. p.]
   Dejected. [Obs.]
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23 Moby Thesaurus words for "deject":
      beat down, cast down, chill, damp, dampen, dampen the spirits,
      darken, dash, demoralize, depress, discourage, dishearten,
      disparage, dispirit, knock down, lower, lower the spirits, oppress,
      press down, sadden, sink, weigh heavy upon, weigh upon