dispirit

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Verb dispirit has 1 sense

depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise - lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
--₁ is one way to discourage
Sample sentence:
The bad news will dispirit him