buoy up Antonyms

laugh at knock sideways knock the stuffing out of throw off balance knock for six break someone's spirit bring someone low crush one's spirit break a person's spirit put the wind up pull someone's leg knock back put on appal bring down get down razz josh take aback break someone's heart break one's spirit break the human spirit deprive of manly vigor deprive of spirit destroy a person's self-esteem destroy one's feeling of determination destroy one's self-esteem put someone off their stroke put into a flap throw into a tizz deprive of fortitude deprive of courage deprive of confidence break the spirit cause someone to lose their composure cause to lose courage cause to lose nerve cause to lose one's courage cause to lose one's nerve crush a person's spirit crush the human spirit be sarcastic about annoy discourage disempower dishearten dismay dispirit disspirit distress