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verb
To make (a person) discouraged or dejected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To overthrow, to defeat or bring to ruin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cast, down.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: depress, deject, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: discourage
Narrower terms: chill
History
From Middle English casten doun, casten adoun, equivalent to cast + down.
Across languages
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