• to cast a gloom over sy
• it gives me the blues, to cast down, to deject, to disconcert, to distress, to get sy down, to hip, to hump, to unman
• to elate, to key, to key up, to put in tune, to string, strung, to tone up, to tune, to tune up
• dejected, depressed, disconcerted, distressed, downcast, downhearted, have the hip, have the hump, low, overcast, to be in low spirits, to be in poor spirits, to be in the dumps, to be out of spirits, to desolate, to feel low
• depressing, depressive, disconcerting, dismal, distressing, trying
• adjustment, alignment, dial readings