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Demoralize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To undermine the confidence or morale of; dishearten: an inconsistent policy that demoralized the staff.

v. To put into disorder; confuse.

v. To debase the morals of; corrupt.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To destroy morale; to dishearten.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy in morals, in discipline, in courage, spirit, etc.; to weaken in spirit or efficiency.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To corrupt or undermine the morals of; weaken or destroy the effect of moral principles on.

To deprive of spirit or energy; dishearten; destroy the courage, confidence, or hope of; render incapable of brave or energetic effort: specifically used in relation to troops: as, the charge of our cavalry completely demoralized the enemy's left wing.

To throw into confusion in general; bring into disorder; confuse mentally: as, he was badly demoralized by fright.

Also spelled demoralise.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

v. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

v. confuse or put into disorder

Word Usage

"President Robert Mugabe blames Western sanctions for the troubles and says price hikes are an attempt to "demoralize" voters ahead of polling day."

Verb Form

demoralized demoralizes demoralizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

throw fuddle bedevil confound fox

Form

demoralized demoralizing

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

corrupt disconcert Embarrass agitate discomfit

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

moralize