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(adjective)

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having lost confidence or hope; disheartened

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Examples

how do you motivate demoralized employees?

I left feeling a little demoralized

(verb)

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cause (someone) to lose confidence or hope

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Examples

the General Strike had demoralized the trade unions

Synonyms

dispirited disheartened downhearted dejected cast down downcast low depressed despairing dishearten dispirit deject cast down depress dismay daunt discourage unman unnerve crush sap shake throw cow subdue undermine devitalize weaken enfeeble enervate

(verb)

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corrupt the morals of (someone)

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Examples

she hastened her daughter's steps, lest she be demoralized by beholding the free manners of these ‘mad English’

Synonyms

corrupt deprave warp pervert subvert lead astray make degenerate ruin