| 单词 | bring someone down |
| 释义 | 1 (phrasal verb) Definition to cause to fall I hooked his leg and brought him down. Synonyms knock over floor He was floored twice in the second round. trip up 2 (phrasal verb) You'll do anything to bring me down, won't you? Synonyms discourage upset Don't let this setback discourage you. depress The state of the country depresses me. crush Listen to criticism but don't be crushed by it. dash They had their hopes raised and then dashed. damp deter Jail sentences have done nothing to deter the offenders. dismay He was dismayed to learn that he wasn't a very nice person. daunt Nothing evil could daunt them. dampen Nothing seemed to dampen his enthusiasm. lay low cast down put a damper on dispirit deject Additional synonymsin the sense of crush Definition to defeat or humiliate utterly Listen to criticism but don't be crushed by it. Synonyms demoralize, depress, devastate, discourage, humble, put down (slang), humiliate, squash, flatten (informal), deflate, mortify, psych out (informal), dishearten, dispirit, deject, chagrin, browbeatin the sense of dampen Definition to reduce the intensity of Nothing seemed to dampen his enthusiasm. Synonyms reduce, check, moderate, dash, dull, restrain, deter, stifle, lessen, smother, muffle, deadenin the sense of dash Definition to frustrate They had their hopes raised and then dashed. Synonyms disappoint, ruin, frustrate, crush, shatter, spoil, overturn, wipe out, foil, undo, thwart, scotch, blight, dampen, confound, put the kibosh on (informal), crool or cruel (Australian, slang) Nearby words of |
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