凹へこます

へ

こ

ま

す

Meanings

1

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

Physical sense: to make a hollow or dent in a surface. Figurative sense: to put someone down, to make someone feel small or defeated.

かれ

は

その

一ひと

言こと

で

相あい

手て

を

すっかり

凹へこ

ま

せ

た

。

With that one remark, he completely humiliated the other person.

凹へこむ
Intransitive counterpart: 'to become dented' or 'to feel down'. 凹ます is the transitive version.

Derived from the intransitive verb 凹む (へこむ, 'to become hollow') by adding the transitive suffix す.