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demoralize
Found in thesaurus: change, modify, alter, discourage, discombobulate, throw, fox, confuse, fuddle, befuddle, bedevil, confound
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demoralize (Amer.)
v.
cause despair, lower morale; corrupt morals (also demoralise)
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Demoralization
Demoralization can be:
- Decadence, decay of morality
- Demoralization (warfare), damaging an enemy's fighting spirit
- Resentful demoralization, a phenomenon in clinical research
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demoralize
Verb
1. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
(synonym) corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) sensualize, sensualise, carnalize, carnalise
(derivation) demoralization, demoralisation
2. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
(synonym) depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralise
(hypernym) discourage
(hyponym) chill
(derivation) demoralization, demoralisation
3. confuse or put into disorder; "the boss's behavior demoralized everyone in the office"
(hypernym) confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
(derivation) demoralization, demoralisation
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demoralize (Amer.)
v.
demoralizovat
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demoralize (Amer.)
Czas.
działać demobilizująco; zniechęcać do dalszego działania
