† discheerv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To dispirit, dishearten, discourage.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > make dejected [verb (transitive)]
drearya1300
discomfortc1325
batec1380
to cast downa1382
to throw downa1382
dullc1386
faintc1386
discomfita1425
discourage1436
sinkc1440
mischeera1450
discheerc1454
amatea1500
bedowa1522
damp1548
quail1548
dash1550
exanimate1552
afflict1561
dank1565
disanimate1565
sadden1565
languish1566
deject1581
dumpc1585
unheart1593
mope1596
chill1597
sour1600
disgallant1601
disheart1603
dishearten1606
fainten1620
depress1624
sullen1628
tristitiate1628
disliven1631
dampen1633
weigh1640
out-spirit1643
dispirit1647
flat1649
funeralize1654
hearta1658
disencourage1659
attrist1680
flatten1683
dismalizec1735
blue-devil1812
out-heart1845
downweigh1851
to get down1861
frigidize1868
languor1891
downcast1914
neg1987
c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 13 (MED) Her witt schulde be þerbi oppressid, and þei schulden be gastid and discherid forto contynue þe seid facultees.
a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 1615 Dischere nat thi folk in eny wise.
1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 50v An other thing there was, that most discheerde Her kinsfolkes then in place.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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- selfadhesive
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- selfadjustment
- selfadminister
- selfadministered
- selfadmiration
- selfadmired
- selfadmirer
- selfadmiring
- selfadvancement
- selfadvertisement
- selfadvertiser
- selfadvertising
- selfadvocacy
- selfadvocacy group
- selfadvocacy network
- selfadvocacy skills
- selfaffirmation
- selfaggrandizement
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- selfalienation
- selfaligning