deject

Verb

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
  • These news depressed her
    
  • The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  depress , cast down , get down , dismay , dispirit , demoralize , demoralise
• Antonyms: 
  elate , lift up , uplift , pick up , intoxicate