noun
- The feeling of despair in the face of obstacles.
- synonyms: discouragement, disheartenment
- Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
- synonyms: alarm, consternation
verb
- Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted.
- usage: "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
- synonyms: depress, deject, cast down, get down, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
- Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised.
- usage: "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"
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