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demoralized

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de·mor·al·ize  (d-môr-lz, -mr-)
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·moral·i·zation (--l-zshn) n.
de·moral·izer n.
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Adj.1.demoralized - made less hopeful or enthusiastic; "desperate demoralized people looking for work"; "felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem"; "the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest"
demoralised, discouraged, disheartened
pessimistic - expecting the worst possible outcome
demoralized
adjective disheartened, undermined, discouraged, broken, depressed, crushed, weakened, subdued, unnerved, unmanned, dispirited, downcast, sick as a parrot (informal) the legitimate grievances of a demoralized workforce
Translations
demoralized [dɪˈmɒrəlaɪzd] demoralised (British) adj (= dispirited) [person] → démoralisé(e)
demoralized [dɪˈmɒrəˌlaɪzd] adj → demoralizzato/a
demoralized [dɪˈmɒrəˌlaɪzd] adj → demoralizzato/a


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ONCE OUT OF THE DIRECT PATH OF THE ANIMAL, fear of it left me, but another emotion as quickly gripped me--hope of escape that the demoralized condition of the guards made possible for the instant.
At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
It was pitiful to see a creature so terrified, so unnerved, so demoralized.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
He slapped old friends on the back and asked them if the stumps were coming away easily; he talked nonsense concerning labor and the inalienable rights of elephants to a long "nooning"; and, wandering to and fro, he thoroughly demoralized the garden till sundown, when he returned to his picket for food.
From Mine Own People by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
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