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View usage for: (dɪmɒrəlaɪzɪŋ, US -mɔːr-) regional note: in BRIT, also use demoralisingadjectiveIf something is demoralizing, it makes you lose so much confidence in what you are doing that you want to give up. Redundancy can be a demoralising prospect. Persistent disapproval or criticism can be highly demoralizing. Synonyms: disheartening, discouraging, depressing, crushing More Synonyms of demoralizing demoralizing in British English or demoralising (dɪˈmɒrəlaɪzɪŋ) adjectivedispiriting; disheartening Redundancy can be a demoralizing prospect. Persistent disapproval or criticism can be highly demoralizing. Examples of 'demoralizing' in a sentencedemoralizing In other languagesdemoralizing British English: demoralizing ADJECTIVE If something is demoralizing, it makes you lose so much confidence in what you are doing that you want to give up. Redundancy can be a demoralising prospect. - American English: demoralizing
- Brazilian Portuguese: desmoralizante
- Chinese: 使人泄气的
- European Spanish: desmoralizador
- French: démoralisant
- German: entmutigend
- Italian: demoralizzante
- Japanese: 自信をなくすような
- Korean: 기운 빠지게 하는
- European Portuguese: desmoralizante
- Latin American Spanish: desmoralizador
Persistent disapproval or criticism can be highly demoralizing. Synonyms disheartening crushing dampening Opposites encouraging , comforting , cheering , reassuring , heartening Additional synonymsDefinition intimidating or worrying Occasionally I find the prospect daunting. Synonyms intimidating, alarming, frightening, discouraging, awesome, unnerving, disconcerting, demoralizing, off-putting (British, informal), disheartening the depressing thought of his mother's death Synonyms bleak, black, sad, distressing, discouraging, gloomy, daunting, hopeless, dismal, melancholy, dreary, harrowing, saddening, sombre, heartbreaking, dispiriting, disheartening, funereal, dejecting The response to the appeal was disappointing. Synonyms unsatisfactory, inadequate, discouraging, sorry, upsetting, sad, depressing, unhappy, unexpected, pathetic, inferior, insufficient, lame, disconcerting, second-rate, unworthy, not much cop (British, slang) |