Meanings
Readings
Common Words
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be dispirited; to be crushed (emotionally)
to be sprained
to be snapped; to be broken
to sprain; to twist
to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten; to dispirit; to depress; to unnerve; to crush
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
sprain; twist; wrench
Idiomatic expression
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
Medicine
sprain; wrench; bruise; contusion; fracture
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