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- Dictionarydemoralized/dɪˈmɒrəlʌɪzd/
adjective
- 1. having lost confidence or hope; disheartened: "how do you motivate demoralized employees?"
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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.
: 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.
Demoralize definition: to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of. See examples of DEMORALIZE used in a sentence.
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.
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.
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. /dɪˈmɒrəlaɪz/ /dɪˈmɔːrəlaɪz/ ( British English also demoralise) Verb Forms. demoralize somebody to make somebody lose confidence or hope synonym dishearten. Constant criticism is enough to demoralize anybody. The world depression further demoralized the labour movement.
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.
