demoralize
21demoralize — verb the celebratory fuss made about young Browning s promotion has demoralized many of the older employees Syn: dishearten, dispirit, deject, cast down, depress, dismay, daunt, discourage, unman, unnerve, crush, shake, throw, cow, subdue; break… …
22demoralize — v 1. destroy the morale of, take the fight out of, take the heart out of, take the spirit out of, Inf. take the spunk out of, Inf. take the starch out of, Dial. take the tuck out of; dispirit, dishearten, daunt, subdue, break down, unman; crush,… …
23demoralize — de·moralize …
24demoralize — de•mor•al•ize [[t]dɪˈmɔr əˌlaɪz, ˈmɒr [/t]] v. t. ized, iz•ing 1) to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of 2) to throw (a person) into disorder or confusion; bewilder 3) to corrupt or undermine… …
25demoralize — v.tr. (also ise) 1 destroy (a person s) morale; make hopeless. 2 archaic corrupt (a person s) morals. Derivatives: demoralization n. demoralizing adj. demoralizingly adv. Etymology: F deacutemoraliser (as DE , MORAL) …
26de·mor·al·ise — ↑demoralize …
27Demoralized — Demoralize De*mor al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demoralized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demoralizing}.] [F. d[ e]moraliser; pref. d[ e] (L. dis or de) + moraliser. See {Moralize}.] To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral …
28Demoralizing — Demoralize De*mor al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demoralized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demoralizing}.] [F. d[ e]moraliser; pref. d[ e] (L. dis or de) + moraliser. See {Moralize}.] To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral …
29demoralizes — demoralize (Amer.) de·mor·al·ize || dɪ mÉ’rÉ™laɪz v. cause despair, lower morale; corrupt morals (also demoralise) …
30demoralization — demoralize (also demoralise) ► VERB ▪ cause to lose confidence or hope. DERIVATIVES demoralization noun demoralized adjective demoralizing adjective. ORIGIN French démoraliser corrupt, deprave …
