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- Dictionaryde·mor·al·ized/dəˈmôrəˌlīzd/
adjective
- 1. having lost confidence or hope; disheartened: "how do you motivate demoralized employees?"
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The meaning of DEMORALIZE is to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : to corrupt the morals of. How to use demoralize in a sentence.
having lost your confidence, enthusiasm, and hope: After the game, the players were tired and demoralized. Synonyms. crestfallen. deflated. discouraged. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling sad and unhappy. a long face idiom.
to make someone or something feel much less confident: Losing several games in a row had completely demoralized the team. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making people sad, shocked and upset. aback. amiss. appal. be laughing on the other side of your faceidiom. bite. bum. haunt. heartbreaker. heartbreakingly.
to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry. to throw (a person) into disorder or confusion; bewilder: We were so demoralized by that one wrong turn that we were lost for hours. to corrupt or undermine the morals of. demoralize. / dɪˈmɒrəˌlaɪz / verb.
verb. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted. “The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her” synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down. see more. verb. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate.
demoralize. verb [ T ] (UK usually demoralise) us / dɪˈmɔːr.ə.laɪz / uk / dɪˈmɒr.ə.laɪz / Add to word list. to make someone or something feel much less confident: Losing several games in a row had completely demoralized the team. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making people sad, shocked and upset. aback. amiss. appall. bite. bother.
adjective. made less hopeful or enthusiastic. “desperate demoralized people looking for work”. synonyms: demoralised, discouraged, disheartened. pessimistic. expecting the worst possible outcome.
