单词 | demoralise |
释义 | demoralise (once / 7661 pages) v WORD FAMILY demoralise: demoralised, demoralises, demoralising USAGE EXAMPLES"They are trying to... demoralise our people and destabilise our country," he added. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) "They are trying to... demoralise our people and destabilise our country," he said. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) A manager who is younger by one year is somewhat unsettling; a gap of 20 years is far more demoralising. Economist(Dec 15, 2016) 1v lower someone's spirits; make downhearted Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper cast down, deject, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift fill with high spirits; fill with optimism chill depress or discourage discourage deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged 2v corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality Syn|Hypo|Hyper corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate carnalise, carnalize, sensualise, sensualize debase through carnal gratification infectcorrupt with ideas or an ideology lead astray, lead offteach immoral behavior to poisonspoil as if by poison bastardise, bastardizechange something so that its value declines; for example, art forms subornincite to commit a crime or an evil deed alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 3v confuse or put into disorder Syn|Hyper demoralize bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly |
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