Demoralizing

What's more demoralizing is that so many people seem to buy into it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I am so sick of the race card, I am so sick of this bipartisan bickering that Congress is more interested in demoralizing the other party than serving the citizens of America. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On television this sort of thing is enormously effective in demoralizing the innocent and well-mannered who, acting in good faith, do not lie or make personal insults, Buckley has made many honorable men look dishonest fools by his demagoguery, and by the time they recover from his first assault and are ready to retaliate, the program is over. ❋ R_urell (2010)

Works every time in demoralizing the home front unless spinners follow the media/academia nihilists who say the glass is half empty. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Nhan Dan, underscored the importance of the overall proselytizing effort in demoralizing the American war effort: It was essential to our strategy. ❋ Unknown (1996)

"No," Mientkiewicz says, "demoralizing is the 26 teams that are sitting on the couch, drinking beer and watching these games. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Probably no one but Mark Twain ever conceived the idea of demoralizing a whole community — of making its “nineteen leading citizens” ridiculous by leading them into a cheap, glittering temptation, and having them yield and openly perjure themselves at the very moment when their boasted incorruptibility was to amaze the world. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Even my mother, who in some ways was stupid and hard, noticed that this sort of education was likely to have what is called a demoralizing effect on me. ❋ Hutchins Hapgood (1906)

Probably no one but Mark Twain ever conceived the idea of demoralizing a whole community -- of making its "nineteen leading citizens" ridiculous by leading them into a cheap, glittering temptation, and having them yield and openly perjure themselves at the very moment when their boasted incorruptibility was to amaze the world. ❋ Albert Bigelow Paine (1899)

Joseph Mannion, president of the Sanitations Officers Association, which represents sanitation supervisors, promised a legal challenge to the plan, calling it "demoralizing" to his members. ❋ Chris Herring (2010)

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) also recently called the proposed pay freezes "demoralizing," arguing talk of pay cuts makes it difficult for the government to recruit new workers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Well, if this is the kind of demoralizing leadership you wish for then you too must have a gloomy mind. — ❋ Unknown (2008)

The criticism has been "demoralizing" within AIG said Nicholas Ashooh, a spokesperson for AIG, "but we have to recognize that we're in a different environment and we have to adjust to that." ❋ Unknown (2008)

How many times has the Bush-Cheney campaign excoriated John Kerry for saying that we went to war unprepared and lacking in the essential equipment to fight this war, saying such talk was "demoralizing" to the troops? ❋ Unknown (2004)

It's just kind of demoralizing not to come out with a win. ❋ Unknown (2001)

She said that she found it "demoralizing" to have to explain black life to white people again; to be required to write about "typical blacks." ❋ Pinckney, Darryl (2003)

They're a great team, but it's kind of demoralizing when you foul every time down. ❋ Unknown (2000)

But he said it was "demoralizing" for Muslims like him who defend the United States as an open and tolerant society. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Paul Begala, a former strategist to President Clinton, said that constantly getting knocked out message by events outside of the White House must be "demoralizing" for Obama's aides. ❋ Unknown (2010)