demoralised in English

adjective

1

having lost confidence or hope; disheartened.

a weak and demoralized president

verb

1

cause (someone) to lose confidence or hope; dispirit.

their rejection of the treaty has demoralized the diplomatic community

synonyms: dispirited, disheartened, downhearted, dejected, downcast, low, depressed, despairing, disconsolate, crestfallen, disappointed, dismayed, daunted, discouraged, crushed, humbled, subdued, dishearten, dispirit, deject, cast down, depress, dismay, daunt, discourage, unman, unnerve, crush, shake, throw, cow, subdue, break someone's spirit, knock the stuffing out of

2

corrupt the morals of (someone).

It is a perceptive account of life in an occupied city, in which victors and vanquished alike are corrupted and demoralized .

adjective

dispirited, disheartened, downhearted, dejected, downcast, low, depressed, despairing, disconsolate, crestfallen, disappointed, dismayed, daunted, discouraged, crushed, humbled, subdued
disheartened, discouraged

verb

dishearten, deprave, dispirit
dishearten, dispirit, deject, cast down, depress, dismay, daunt, discourage, unman, unnerve, crush, shake, throw, cow, subdue, break someone's spirit, knock the stuffing out of
deprave, debase, corrupt, profane, subvert, misdirect, debauch, pervert, vitiate
dispirit, dismay, depress, deject, cast down, get down

Use "demoralised" in a sentence

1. But Ballotta tried not to get demoralised and looks ahead with positivity.

2. Synonyms for Browbeaten include bullied, subjugated, oppressed, downtrodden, intimidated, broken, cowed, demoralised, demoralized and frightened

3. Synonyms for Animalized include dehumanised, dehumanized, bestialized, brutalised, brutalized, vitiated, depraved, degraded, debauched and demoralised

4. Mr Papandreou's Pasok, embittered and demoralised, remains unable to evolve from unreconstructed popularism and anti-right rhetoric.

5. He has helped to transform the party from a disorganised, demoralised rabble into a force which must again be taken seriously.

6. The NLC chairman noted that Governor Nasir El-Rufai had Bastardised the civil service and demoralised workers since he assumed office

7. For Marx, "the sphere of pauperism", including those still able to work, orphans and pauper children and the "demoralised and ragged" or "unable to work".

8. Plus, he added, those few home economics teachers still working were a "very sad, depressed, demoralised workforce" and needed to be shown "a lot more love".