demoralise

Verb

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

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
  • debauch the young people with wine and women
    
  • Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
    
  • Do school counselors subvert young children?
    
  • corrupt the morals
    

Related words

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