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demoralize
de·mor·al·ize D0126500 (dĭ-môr′ə-līz′, -mŏr′-)tr.v. de·mor·al·ized, de·mor·al·iz·ing, de·mor·al·iz·es 1. To undermine the confidence or morale of; dishearten: an inconsistent policy that demoralized the staff.2. To put into disorder; confuse.3. To debase the morals of; corrupt.
de·mor′al·i·za′tion (-ə-lĭ-zā′shən) n.de·mor′al·iz′er n.demoralize (dɪˈmɒrəˌlaɪz) or demoralisevb (tr) 1. (Psychology) to undermine the morale of; dishearten: he was demoralized by his defeat. 2. to debase morally; corrupt3. to throw into confusion deˌmoraliˈzation, deˌmoraliˈsation n deˈmoralˌizer, deˈmoralˌiser nde•mor•al•ize (dɪˈmɔr əˌlaɪz, -ˈmɒr-)
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 the morals of. [1785–95; < French démoraliser. See de-, moral] de•mor`al•i•za′tion, n. de•mor′al•iz`er, n. demoralize
Past participle: demoralized
Gerund: demoralizing
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| demoralize | | demoralize |
| Present |
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| I demoralize | | you demoralize | | he/she/it demoralizes | | we demoralize | | you demoralize | | they demoralize |
| Preterite |
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| I demoralized | | you demoralized | | he/she/it demoralized | | we demoralized | | you demoralized | | they demoralized |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am demoralizing | | you are demoralizing | | he/she/it is demoralizing | | we are demoralizing | | you are demoralizing | | they are demoralizing |
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| I have demoralized | | you have demoralized | | he/she/it has demoralized | | we have demoralized | | you have demoralized | | they have demoralized |
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| I was demoralizing | | you were demoralizing | | he/she/it was demoralizing | | we were demoralizing | | you were demoralizing | | they were demoralizing |
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| I had demoralized | | you had demoralized | | he/she/it had demoralized | | we had demoralized | | you had demoralized | | they had demoralized |
| Future |
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| I will demoralize | | you will demoralize | | he/she/it will demoralize | | we will demoralize | | you will demoralize | | they will demoralize |
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| I will have demoralized | | you will have demoralized | | he/she/it will have demoralized | | we will have demoralized | | you will have demoralized | | they will have demoralized |
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| I will be demoralizing | | you will be demoralizing | | he/she/it will be demoralizing | | we will be demoralizing | | you will be demoralizing | | they will be demoralizing |
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| I have been demoralizing | | you have been demoralizing | | he/she/it has been demoralizing | | we have been demoralizing | | you have been demoralizing | | they have been demoralizing |
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| I will have been demoralizing | | you will have been demoralizing | | he/she/it will have been demoralizing | | we will have been demoralizing | | you will have been demoralizing | | they will have been demoralizing |
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| I had been demoralizing | | you had been demoralizing | | he/she/it had been demoralizing | | we had been demoralizing | | you had been demoralizing | | they had been demoralizing |
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| I would demoralize | | you would demoralize | | he/she/it would demoralize | | we would demoralize | | you would demoralize | | they would demoralize |
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| I would have demoralized | | you would have demoralized | | he/she/it would have demoralized | | we would have demoralized | | you would have demoralized | | they would have demoralized |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | demoralize - 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"corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, vitiate, subvertalter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"carnalise, sensualise, sensualize, carnalize - debase through carnal gratificationinfect - corrupt with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism"lead astray, lead off - teach immoral behavior to; "It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits"poison - spoil as if by poison; "poison someone's mind"; "poison the atmosphere in the office"bastardise, bastardize - change something so that its value declines; for example, art formssuborn - incite to commit a crime or an evil deed; "He suborned his butler to cover up the murder of his wife" | | 2. | demoralize - lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"depress, dismay, dispirit, cast down, deject, demoralise, get downchill - depress or discourage; "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers"discourage - deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged | | 3. | demoralize - confuse or put into disorder; "the boss's behavior demoralized everyone in the office"befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, bedevil, fuddle, throw - be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" |
demoralizeverb dishearten, undermine, discourage, shake, depress, weaken, rattle (informal), daunt, unnerve, disconcert, psych out (informal), disempower, dispirit, deject One of the objectives is to demoralize enemy troops.
encourage, boost, cheer, spur, hearten, egg on, gee updemoralizeverbTo ruin utterly in character or quality:animalize, bastardize, bestialize, brutalize, canker, corrupt, debase, debauch, deprave, pervert, stain, vitiate, warp.Translationscesaretini kırmakmoralini bozmakdemoralize, demoralise (diˈmorəlaiz) verb to take away the confidence and courage of. The army was demoralized by its defeat. 士氣受挫 士气受挫demoralize
Synonyms for demoralizeverb disheartenSynonyms- dishearten
- undermine
- discourage
- shake
- depress
- weaken
- rattle
- daunt
- unnerve
- disconcert
- psych out
- disempower
- dispirit
- deject
Antonyms- encourage
- boost
- cheer
- spur
- hearten
- egg on
- gee up
Synonyms for demoralizeverb to ruin utterly in character or qualitySynonyms- animalize
- bastardize
- bestialize
- brutalize
- canker
- corrupt
- debase
- debauch
- deprave
- pervert
- stain
- vitiate
- warp
Synonyms for demoralizeverb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensualitySynonyms- corrupt
- debase
- debauch
- demoralise
- deprave
- misdirect
- pervert
- profane
- vitiate
- subvert
Related Words- alter
- change
- modify
- carnalise
- sensualise
- sensualize
- carnalize
- infect
- lead astray
- lead off
- poison
- bastardise
- bastardize
- suborn
verb lower someone's spiritsSynonyms- depress
- dismay
- dispirit
- cast down
- deject
- demoralise
- get down
Related Wordsverb confuse or put into disorderRelated Words- befuddle
- confound
- confuse
- discombobulate
- fox
- bedevil
- fuddle
- throw
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