demoralized
15
5.2
- adjective
- /dɪˈmɔːrəlaɪzd/
- I was so demoralized after that campaign that I didn't really get involved at all in 2008.
- pretty demoralized
- too demoralized
- very demoralized
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Watch on YouTubeThey were dehumanized, they were demoralized.
- They were dehumanized, they were demoralized.
- If I thought not enough, I'd feel sad, dejected, demoralized, maybe angry, maybe resentful, maybe bitter.
- Well, that's what I felt and I looked at him and like this mirror has as he drove off and I, I was just so demoralised and empty.
- But barring that kind of outlier, a person would only be in that situation in the context of being demoralized.
- By the time you have tried option one a few times, actually taking the fight, you may be too tired out or demoralized.
- Anyway, getting back to the point is I got demoralized, I got depressed, and I started losing the will to be a police officer.
- And then when they're demoralized and like the other factions of the Sinaloa Cartel see them as weak, then they're going to go after Ivan Archibaldo.
Examples
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And yet he feels demoralized, like it makes him not even want to stay at the job.
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Surviving French forces, exhausted, sick and demoralised, retreated to the river Rhine and prepared to defend France from invasion.
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Talk about, well, God, you know, it's very difficult to understand how demoralized people are.
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No doubt about it, I was feeling just a little demoralized.
Fiction book (1992) -
The staff there were incredible, but everyone was demoralized and depressed.
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A lot of Human Rights Watch's staff in the US and around the world are probably demoralized by the election.
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They are already demoralized and despondent.
Fiction book (1994) -
None used a complaining tone or whined, but some were clearly frustrated, angry, and demoralized.
Academic text (2003) -
The war continued, and the Eritrean movement recorded impressive gains against a demoralized and increasingly ineffective Ethiopian army.
Academic text (1991) -
After losing the championship game, the team felt completely demoralized and unsure of their future.
Synonyms
445
3.5
Feeling very sad and without hope
224
6.7
Feeling sad or unhappy
67
3.4
Feeling less confident and hopeful because of problems
16
7.7
Feeling very sad and without hope about the future
12
4.2
Feeling less hopeful and confident after a disappointment
10
4.5
Feeling very sad and not hopeful
8
4.6
Feeling less confident and hopeful after a disappointment
7
5.4
Feeling sad and without hope
4
4.4
Feeling sad and not very hopeful
3
4.7
Feeling sad and without much hope
3
8.2
Very sad and not able to be comforted
2
4.1
Feeling sad and without much hope
1
3.9
Feeling sad and without energy
Antonyms
How Discouraged
146
2.7
16
7.7
15
5.2
12
4.2
67
3.4
683
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
demoralized = demoralize (opaque) = de + moral + ize + ed
The adjective is a straightforward participial formation from the verb 'demoralize'.
Etymology
The word demoralized comes from the prefix de- meaning 'take away' and the word moral, seen in morale, meaning 'spirit' or 'courage'. That's why being demoralized means you have lost confidence, hope, or spirit.