demoralized


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de·mor·al·ize

 (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.
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demoralized

(dɪˈmɒrəˌlaɪzd) or

demoralised

adj
dispirited; disheartened
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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
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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
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demoralized

[dɪˈmɒrəlaɪzd] demoralised (British) adj (= dispirited) [person] → démoralisé(e)
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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.
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It was pitiful to see a creature so terrified, so unnerved, so demoralized. But he prom- ised everything; and on my side he made me promise over and over again that I would remain his friend, and never turn against him or cast any enchantments upon him.
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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.
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I thought you'd never come!" cried Amy, dropping the reins and holding out both hands, to the great scandalization of a French mamma, who hastened her daughter's steps, lest she should be demoralized by beholding the free manners of these `mad English'.
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Now in good time they came; and the Sheriff's demoralized force turned tail and ran, while Robin and Little John stood under the harmless gallows, and sped swift arrows after them, and laughed to see them go.
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It would result that if I were dead, whatever might happen, my army would not be demoralized all at once; it results, that if I choose to absent myself, for instance, as it does please me to do sometimes, there would not be in the camp the shadow of uneasiness or disorder.
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I confess that I was so indifferent to everything, so profoundly demoralized, that having once got into that drawing-room I hadn't the strength to get away; though I could see perfectly well my volatile hostess going from one to another of her acquaintances in order to tell them with a little gesture, "Look!
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I returned to Tuskegee, and, with the help of the fifteen dollars, rallied our rather demoralized and discouraged forces and began a fourth attempt to make bricks.
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But yet, with the persistent avariciousness of the white man, the Arabs clung to their loot, and when morning came forced the demoralized Manyuema to take up their burdens of death and stagger on into the jungle.
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For three years the Sophomores had won in the "rush"; that the victory of this year perched upon the Freshmen's banner was attributed to the strategic generalship of Gilbert Blythe, who marshalled the campaign and originated certain new tactics, which demoralized the Sophs and swept the Freshmen to triumph.
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'So I would advise all the players to not get demoralized with this and instead take it as a challenge.
Afridi backs Pakistan to bounce back against Bangladesh
For example, among participants with PD, seven of 19 depressed individuals were not demoralized and five of 17 demoralized individuals were not depressed.
Demoralization Common in Patients With Parkinson's Disease; Demoralization, but not depression, is associated with motor dysfunction

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