Demoralize

[De*morĀ·al*ize]

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.

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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.

Verb
confuse or put into disorder; "the boss''s behavior demoralized everyone in the office"

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lower someone''s spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child''s health demoralizes her"

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corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"


v. t.
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.


Demoralize

De*mor"al*ize , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demoralized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Demoralizing.] [F. d'82moraliser; pref. d'82- (L. dis- or de) + moraliser. See Moralize.] 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 demoralizing example of profligate power and prosperous crime.
The vices of the nobility had demoralized the army.

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.

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Usage Examples

I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight of conformity that now lies upon us.

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