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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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: to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : to corrupt the morals of. 2. a. : to weaken the morale of : discourage, dispirit. were demoralized by the loss. b. : to upset or destroy the normal functioning of. foreclosures were further demoralizing an already desperate real-estate market F. D. Roosevelt. c.
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.
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.
demoralize. verb [ T ] (UK usually demoralise) uk / dɪˈmɒr.ə.laɪz / us / dɪˈmɔːr.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. appal.
1. To undermine the confidence or morale of; dishearten: an inconsistent policy that demoralized the staff. 2. To put into disorder; confuse. 3. To debase the morals of; corrupt. de·mor′al·i·za′tion (-ə-lĭ-zā′shən) n. de·mor′al·iz′er n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
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 see less. verb. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
verb. If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up. Clearly, one of the objectives is to demoralize the enemy troops in any way they can. [VERB noun] Synonyms: dishearten, undermine, discourage, shake More Synonyms of demoralize. demoralized adjective.
Definition of demoralized adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
Synonyms for DEMORALIZED: degraded, corrupt, sick, debased, degenerate, perverted, depraved, crooked; Antonyms of DEMORALIZED: pure, uncorrupted, incorruptible, honest, uncorrupt, principled, moral, ethical.
