Demoralize

What do we mean by demoralize?

To undermine the confidence or morale of; dishearten. transitive verb

To put into disorder; confuse. transitive verb

To debase the morals of; corrupt. transitive verb

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.

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. transitive verb

To destroy morale; to dishearten. verb

Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality verb

Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted verb

Confuse or put into disorder verb

To destroy the morale of; to dishearten.

If something is demoralizing, it makes you lose so much confidence in what you are doing that you want to give up. Urban Dictionary

To suck all hope out of someone or some group of people. As in ‘Gareth Bale came off the Real Mardrid bench to demoralize Liverpool in the Champions League final, scoring a golazo bicycle kick within two minutes of showing up on the pitch.’ Urban Dictionary

A person who makes you give up on your morals and all your life goals. Urban Dictionary

The act or process of demonstrating truth. Are we truthful? Urban Dictionary

The act of being badly embarrassed or let down hardcore status due to something someone else did, WAY better than yourself Urban Dictionary

What foids have done to me Urban Dictionary

The act of stripping ones values and dignity during a game of beer pong. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to demoralize:
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Words that rhyme with demoralize:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe demoralize:
little.

Consonant match to demoralize:
demoralise.

Words that sound like demoralize:
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