cast down
verb
1 cast down
Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted.
synonyms: deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down.
Roget 308:
depress,
lower,
let down,
take down,
let down a peg,
take down a peg;
cast;
let drop,
let fall;
sink,
debase,
bring low,
abase,
reduce,
detrude†,
pitch,
precipitate.
overthrow,
overturn,
overset†;
upset,
subvert,
prostate,
level,
fell;
cast down,
take down,
throw down,
fling down,
dash down,
pull down,
cut down,
knock down,
hew down;
raze,
raze to the ground,
rase to the ground†;
trample in the dust,
pull about one's ears.
sit,
sit down;
couch,
squat,
crouch,
stoop,
bend,
bow;
courtesy,
curtsy;
bob,
duck,
dip,
kneel;
bend the knee,
bow the knee,
bend the head,
bow the head;
cower;
recline
etc.
(be horizontal)
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Dutch: neerslachtig maken, demotiveren, deprimeren, ontmoedigen
Moby thesaurus: abase, abash, abashed, afflicted, agitated, bad, baffle, balk, beat down, beset, bilk, blow down, blow over, bothered, bowed-down, bowl down, bowl over, break down, bring down, bulldog, bulldoze, burn down, chagrin, chagrined, chapfallen, chop down, confound, confuse, confused, crestfallen, cross, cut down, damp, dampen, dampen the spirits, darken, dash, dash down, dashed, debase, deck, defeat, defeat expectation, degrade, deject, dejected, demean, depress, depressed, despairing, despondent, desponding, disappoint, discomfit, discomfited, discomforted, discompose, discomposed, disconcert, disconcerted, disconsolate, discourage, discouraged, dishearten, disheartened, disillusion, dispirit, dispirited, disquieted, dissatisfy, distressed, disturbed, down, downcast, downhearted, drooping, droopy, drop, embarrass, embarrassed, feeling low, fell, fetch down, flatten, floor, foil, frustrate, ground, heartless, hew down, humiliate, hung up, hypochondriac, hypochondriacal, ill at ease, in low spirits, in the depths, in the doldrums, in the dumps, knock down, knock over, languishing, lay level, lay low, lay out, let down, level, low, low-spirited, lower, lower the spirits, mortified, mortify, mow down, oppress, out of countenance, perturbed, pessimistic, pining, precipitate, press down, prostrate, pull down, put out, put-out, put-upon, rase, raze, sadden, send headlong, sink, smash, spiritless, spread-eagle, steamroller, subdued, suicidal, supinate, take down, tantalize, tear down, tease, throw, throw down, throw into confusion, thwart, topple, trip, troubled, tumble, uncomfortable, uneasy, upset, weary of life, weigh heavy upon, weigh upon, whack down, woebegone, world-weary ... show more.
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