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Demoralize synonyms and antonyms

dĭ-môr'ə-līz', -mŏr'-

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discourage (related)
To persuade somebody not to do something.
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vitiate
To vitiate is to corrupt, invalidate or weaken morally.
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boost (antonym)
(Slang) To steal or rob, especially by shoplifting or pickpocketing.
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unnerve
To cause to lose courage or firmness of purpose:
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pervert
To turn another way; to divert.
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dispirit
To cause to lose spirit or enthusiasm; dishearten.
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daunt
Daunt is defined as to intimidate someone.
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destroy the morale of
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frighten (related)
To drive or force by arousing fear:
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weaken (related)
(Intransitive) To become weaker.
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corrupt
Corrupt means to destroy someone's honesty or hurt someone's morals.
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dampen
To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
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debase
To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
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deprave
To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile
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dishearten
To deprive of courage or enthusiasm; discourage; depress; daunt
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undermine
To injure, weaken, or impair, esp. by subtle, stealthy, or insidious means
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upset
To cause (the stomach) to feel ill.
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moralize (antonym)
To think, write, or speak about matters of right and wrong, often in a self-righteous or tedious way
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make-good (antonym)
(Often with "on"): To complete successfully.
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purify (antonym)
Purify means to make something clean or free from impurities.
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uplift (antonym)
To raise to a higher moral, social, or cultural level or condition
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comfort (antonym)
To soothe in distress or sorrow; ease the misery or grief of; bring consolation or hope to
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encourage (antonym)
To give support to; be favorable to; foster; help
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animalize
To make (a person) resemble a beast; brutalize; dehumanize
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bastardize
To lower in quality or character; debase.
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bestialize
To bring or reduce to the state or condition of a beast
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brutalize
Alternative spelling of brutalise.
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canker
To attack or infect with canker.
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stain
To produce or receive discolorations:
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warp
To affect something wrongly, unfairly or unfavourably; to bias
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clean (related)
(Informal) Entirely; wholly:
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help (related)
(Intransitive) To provide assistance.
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depress
To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
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deject
To lower the spirits of; dishearten.
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cast down
lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
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get-down
To relax and enjoy oneself completely; be uninhibited in one's enjoyment.
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dismay
To make apprehensive or discouraged, as by a problem or troublesome prospect
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demoralise
(British) Alternative spelling of demoralize.
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subvert
To undermine, mislead, or betray:
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debauch
To indulge in dissipation.
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profane
To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
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misdirect
To give incorrect instructions to, esp. as a judge to a jury
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dehumanize (related)
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disorganize (related)
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brutalise (related)
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humiliate (related)
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Demoralize Sentence Examples

  • He died a broken-hearted man, prophesying the inevitable ruin of a nation which he himself had done so much to demoralize.

  • In the rest of the country they had not been allowed to reside in the villages, because their habits of keeping vodka-shops and lending money at usurious interest were found to demoralize the peasantry, and even in the towns their numbers and occupations had been restricted by the authorities.

  • If you don't get those taken care of first, the pain that those problems cause could demoralize you and cause you to fall out of the sport of jogging forever.

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