deject

 
Pronunciation: /dɪˈdʒɛkt/

verb

[with object] archaic
  • make sad or dispirited; depress: nothing dejects a trader like the interruption of his profits

Origin:

late Middle English (also in the sense 'overthrow, abase, degrade'): from Latin deject- 'thrown down', from the verb deicere, from de- 'down' + jacere 'to throw'