"demoralize" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪˈmɒɹəlaɪz/ [UK] Forms: demoralizes [present, singular, third-person], demoralizing [participle, present], demoralized [participle, past], demoralized [past]
Etymology: From French démoraliser. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|démoraliser}} French démoraliser Head templates: {{en-verb}} demoralize (third-person singular simple present demoralizes, present participle demoralizing, simple past and past participle demoralized), {{tlb|en|transitive|American spelling|Oxford}} (transitive, American spelling, Oxford British English)
  1. To destroy the morale of; to dishearten. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Translations (to destroy morale; to dishearten): desmoralitzar (Catalan), demoralizovat (Czech), demoralisere (Danish), demoralizi (Esperanto), démoraliser (French), demoralisieren (German), αποκαρδιώνω (apokardióno) (Greek), demoralizzare (Italian), demoraliséieren (Luxembourgish), whakakiwakiwa (Maori), desmoralizar (Spanish), comer la moral [colloquial] (Spanish), demoralisera (Swedish), demoralize etmek (Turkish), moralini bozmak (Turkish), деморалізовувати (demoralizovuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), деморалізувати (demoralizuvaty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-demoralize-en-verb-G2SyxG7K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Oxford spellings, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Luxembourgish translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 66 34 Disambiguation of Oxford spellings: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Luxembourgish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of 'to destroy morale; to dishearten': 97 3
  2. (dated) To erode the moral adherence of; to corrupt. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, dated, transitive
    Sense id: en-demoralize-en-verb-GAxGk-4H
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: demoralise (english: non-Oxford British English) Derived forms: demoralization, demoralizer

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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