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What is another word for make sad?

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Verb
To make emotionally sad or depressed
depress
sadden
oppress
discourage
upset
daunt
desolate
dishearten
dispirit
distress
deject
demoraliseUK
demoralizeUS
grieve
trouble
chill
dismay
try
afflict
crush
perturb
shake
aggrieve
ail
burden
dash
disturb
drain
harrow
haunt
mortify
torment
weary
bother
bug
dampen
abase
beat
cow
damp
darken
debilitate
drag
dull
enervate
faze
cast down
reduce to tears
run down
weigh down
cast a gloom upon
get down
make unhappy
beat down
bring tears to your eyes
bum out
make despondent
make gloomy
turn off
weigh heavily on
cause suffering to
give someone the blues
keep under
knock for six
knock the stuffing out of
make desolate
hang over
harsh someone's mellow
knock sideways
bear down
make one's heart bleed
make someone fed up
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
break someone's spirit
dampen spirits
dash hopes
break someone's heart
make someone's heart bleed
pain
shatter
floor
dampen someone's spirit
press
down
deplore
make miserable
bring down
make blue
drag down
break one's heart
put into a funk
put a damper on
cast a gloom on
arouse sympathy
touch
arouse pity
soften
tug at your heartstrings
tug at the heart
worry
hurt
vex
plague
agonizeUS
beset
harass
nag
agoniseUK
gnaw at
prey on
lie heavy on
devitalize
wound
chagrin
sting
devastate
humble
stress
gall
strain
tax
obsess
burn up
break the heart of
be a burden on
be a burden to
take over
take control of
sap
press down on
lower
break
suppress
overwhelm
subjugate
weigh
tire
overcome
defeat
dash the hopes of
inconvenience
prey on your mind
bear down on
damp down
incommode
bedevil
overcharge
take the heart out of
torture
cast a pall over
abash
deflate
flatten
concern
preoccupy
squash
disconcert
irk
agitate
castrate
geld
cause trouble to
pester
discompose
discommode
petrify
annoy
get to
exasperate
nark
cause anguish to
fret
rile
make wretched
irritate
rack
weigh on
shame
dump
dish it out
give it to
dish out
stick it to
displease
hack off
chasten
cut to the quick
lobotomize
injure
desiccate
dehydrate
deaden
psych out
deter
hit hard
cloud
blanket
stamp out
cast a shadow over
“I help children think of things to make sad or hurt children feel better rather than saying sorry, which is often not meaningful because children are put on the spot.”
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