demoralized

  • 1demoralized — adj. made less hopeful or enthusiastic; rendered pessimistic; as, the demoralized Iraqi ground troops put up little resistance. Syn: discouraged, disheartened. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] …

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  • 2demoralized — index bad (offensive), tainted (corrupted), vicious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3Demoralized — Demoralize De*mor al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demoralized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demoralizing}.] [F. d[ e]moraliser; pref. d[ e] (L. dis or de) + moraliser. See {Moralize}.] To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral …

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  • 4demoralized — demoralize (also demoralise) ► VERB ▪ cause to lose confidence or hope. DERIVATIVES demoralization noun demoralized adjective demoralizing adjective. ORIGIN French démoraliser corrupt, deprave …

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  • 5demoralized — adjective 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 • Syn: ↑demoralised, ↑discouraged,… …

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  • 6demoralized — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. dispirited, unnerved, shaken, weakened; see beaten 1 , sad 1 …

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  • 7demoralized — adj. despairing, having the characteristic of a low morale, given up; corrupted, debased demoralize (Amer.) de·mor·al·ize || dɪ mÉ’rÉ™laɪz v. cause despair, lower morale; corrupt morals (also demoralise) …

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  • 8demoralized — adj 1. spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, Archaic. heartless; daunted, subdued, broken, unmanned, crushed; powerless, paralyzed, crippled, devitalized, enervated, weakened; depressed, dejected, downcast. 2. bewildered, confused, flustered,… …

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  • 9demoralized — adjective Syn: dispirited, disheartened, downhearted, dejected, downcast, low, depressed, dismayed, daunted, discouraged …

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  • 10demoralized — See: demoralize …

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