abbacchiare

Meaning

1. (transitive) to beat down with a pole (fruit from a tree)
2. (broadly, transitive) to knock down, to bring down
3. (broadly, colloquial, figuratively, transitive) to dishearten or depress
4. (broadly, colloquial, figuratively, transitive) to undersell

Concepts

depress

discourage

deject

demoralise

demoralize

dismay

dispirit

cast down

get down

debase

Synonyms

abbattere

affliggere

avvilire

buttar giù

costernare

demoralizzare

deprimere

scoraggiare

Translations

gauler

décourager

déprimer

deprimirse

abatirse

découragé

ρίχνω

απογοητεύω

abattre

démoraliser

ontmoedigen

ontraden

deprimir

desanimar

desmoralizar

Hyphenated as

ab‧bac‧chià‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ab.bakˈkja.re/

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *abbaclāre, from ab- (“off, away”) + baculum (“stick”). By surface analysis, a- + bacchio (“rod, stick”) + -are (1st conjugation suffix).