Noun

• S: (n) discouragement, disheartenment, dismay (the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) discourage [Related to: discouragement] (deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged)
• W: (v) dishearten [Related to: disheartenment] (take away the enthusiasm of)
• W: (v) dismay [Related to: dismay] (lower someone's spirits; make downhearted) "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
• S: (n) alarm, dismay, consternation (fear resulting from the awareness of danger)

Verb

• S: (v) 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"
• S: (v) dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify (fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised) "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"