depresses Play verbMake (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected. SYNONYMS break someone's heartbreak someone's spiritbring tears to someone's eyescast downcause suffering tocrushdampen someone's spiritsdash someone's hopesdauntdejectdemoralizedesolatediscouragedisheartendispiritdistressget downgive someone the bluesgrievehang overharrowhauntknock for sixknock sidewaysknock the stuffing out ofmake desolatemake despondentmake gloomymake sadmake someone fed upmake someone's heart bleedmake unhappyoppresssaddenshakeupsetweigh downweigh heavily on