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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.
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.
DEMORALIZE definition: 1. to make someone or something feel much less confident: 2. to make someone or something feel…. Learn more.
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.
/dɪˈmɔrəˌlaɪz/ IPA guide. Other forms: demoralized; demoralizing; demoralizes. If something demoralizes you, it makes you feel bad or hopeless. When your soccer team was trounced by the last-place team in the league, the loss seemed to demoralize everyone, from players to coaches to fans.
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. heartbreaker.
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. 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.
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.
