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1. Affected or marked by low spirits
   "is dejected but trying to look cheerful"

1. Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
   - depress, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise [Brit]

See also: amort [archaic], blue, chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen, deflated, dejectedly, dejection, depressed, dispirited, distressed, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dysphoric, gloomy, glum, grim, lonely, lonesome, low, low-spirited, unhappy

Type of: discourage

Antonym: elated