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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.
verb [ T ] us / dɪˈmɔr·əˌlɑɪz, di-, -ˈmɑr- / Add to word list. to weaken the confidence of someone: The team was tired and thoroughly demoralized. (Definition of demoralize from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of demoralize.
1. : 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.
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. 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.
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.
tr.v. de·mor·al·ized, de·mor·al·iz·ing, de·mor·al·iz·es. 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.
