'Demoralize' definitions:
Definition of 'demoralize'
(from WordNet)
verb
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" [syn: corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect]
verb
Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her" [syn: depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise] [ant: elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift]
verb
Confuse or put into disorder; "the boss's behavior demoralized everyone in the office"
Definition of 'Demoralize'
From: GCIDE
- 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 principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy in morals, in discipline, in courage, spirit, etc.; to weaken in spirit or efficiency. [1913 Webster]
- The demoralizing example of profligate power and prosperous crime. --Walsh. [1913 Webster]
- The vices of the nobility had demoralized the army. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'demoralize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agitate,
- bastardize,
- bewilder,
- bludgeon,
- bluster,
- bluster out of,
- browbeat,
- brutalize,
- bulldoze,
- bully,
- chill,
- confuse,
- corrupt,
- cow,
- cripple,
- crush,
- damp,
- dampen,
- dash,
- daunt,
- debase,
- debauch,
- debilitate,
- defeat,
- defile,
- deject,
- deprave,
- depress,
- devitalize,
- disarrange,
- discomfit,
- disconcert,
- discourage,
- dishearten,
- disorder,
- disorganize,
- disparage,
- dispirit,
- disturb,
- dragoon,
- enervate,
- fluster,
- harass,
- hector,
- huff,
- intimidate,
- jumble,
- knock down,
- muddle,
- overcome,
- perturb,
- pervert,
- prostrate,
- psych out,
- rattle,
- shake,
- shake up,
- snarl,
- soil,
- subdue,
- sully,
- systematically terrorize,
- terrorize,
- threaten,
- unbrace,
- undermine,
- undo,
- unman,
- unnerve,
- unsettle,
- unstring,
- upset,
- vitiate,
- warp,
- weaken