to demoralize
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6.1
- verb
- /dɪˈmɔːrəˌlaɪz/
:
desmoralizar
- Constant criticism from the coach can demoralize young athletes and hinder their performance.
- become demoralized
- further demoralize
- demoralize the population
It tends to demoralize people more than inform them.
- It tends to demoralize people more than inform them.
- Criticism is feedback that demoralizes, condemns, judges, or blames.
- And it's you can't succeed that way and it'll it'll demoralize you.
- And that is why POTUS modernist and cubicles demoralize humans, because they are showing you with their actions that you mean nothing.
Examples
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Today's nurses are understandably weary, discouraged, and demoralized, and their leadership is looking for solutions.
Academic text (2002) -
We were maybe a little bit demoralized.
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The point is we let it demoralize us.
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Listen to them trying to demoralize us.
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Programming pieces that are too difficult demoralize students and do not contribute to their overall musical growth.
Academic text (2013) -
It's not a fair program and stands to demoralize the good teachers we have left.
Blog text (16) -
First of all, frighten people and secondly, demoralize them.
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It tends to demoralize people more than inform them.
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This sort of behavior is demoralizing for the ordinary soldiers and citizens who are trying to lead normal, simple, unexceptional lives.
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The Argentinean troops are demoralized and ill-equipped.
Synonyms
87
4.2
To make someone feel sad or discouraged
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4.4
Make someone feel shocked or worried by something unexpected
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4.3
Cause a person or thing to be worse, for example making someone feel sad
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4.1
To make someone feel sad and lose hope
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4.1
To make someone feel sad or less hopeful
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4.6
To make someone feel less confident or important
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5.3
To make someone lose hope or confidence
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7.2
To make someone feel afraid or less confident
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6.5
To make someone feel sad or less hopeful
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6.0
To slowly make someone lose belief in their own ability
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4.9
Make someone feel less happy and excited
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9.0
Make someone feel weak and without energy
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6.3
To make someone feel sad or discouraged
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9.8
Make someone or something lose energy and stop working well
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7.6
To make someone lose hope or confidence
Antonyms
How Discouraged
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Demoralize comes from the parts de- meaning 'down' or 'remove' and moral meaning 'morale' or 'spirit'. So to demoralize someone is to bring their spirits down or take away their confidence.