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(verb) cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, deject, demoralise, depress
lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
These news depressed her; The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
(verb) debase, debauch, demoralise, deprave, corrupt, subvert, profane, misdirect, pervert, vitiate
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