demoralizeverb [ T ]
UK usually demoralise uk/dɪˈmɒr.ə.laɪz/us/dɪˈmɔːr.ə.laɪz/to make someone or something feel much less confident:
Losing several games in a row had completely demoralized the team.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making people sad, shocked and upset
- aback
- amiss
- appal
- be laughing on the other side of your face idiom
- bite
- burn
- hit/touch a (raw) nerve idiom
- horrify
- hurt sb's feelings idiom
- hurtful
- it'll (all) end in tears idiom
- laugh
- mess
- nose
- shake
- tear sb apart
- tear sb's heart out idiom
- torture
- traumatize
- twist/turn the knife (in the wound) idiom
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