Antonyms for demoralize
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-mawr-uh-lahyz, -mor- |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmɔr əˌlaɪz, -ˈmɒr- |
Definition of demoralize
Origin :- c.1793, "to corrupt the morals of," from French démoraliser, from de- "remove" (see de-) + moral (adj.) (see moral). Said to be a coinage of the French Revolution. Sense of "lower the morale of" (especially of armies) is first recorded 1848. Related: Demoralized; demoralizing.
- verb depress, unnerve
- verb corrupt, pervert
- Talbot considered it an attempt to demoralize him and was ready for it.
- Extract from : « Before the Dawn » by Joseph Alexander Altsheler
- We indulge in feelings which tend to demoralize the whole character.
- Extract from : « Kenelm Chillingly, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- We demoralize and we extirpate, but we never really civilize.
- Extract from : « The Malay Archipelago » by Alfred Russell Wallace
- The people were not yet demoralized, and the problem was how to demoralize them.
- Extract from : « The Problem of Foreign Policy » by Gilbert Murray
- The Germans hope to demoralize us by circulating false reports.
- Extract from : « The Spell of Belgium » by Isabel Anderson
- The intensity of that white glow must have done much to demoralize them.
- Extract from : « The Boy Scouts on War Trails in Belgium » by Herbert Carter
- And such doctrine is evidently calculated to demoralize society.
- Extract from : « The Bible Of Bibles; » by Kersey Graves
- The war through which we passed did not demoralize the people.
- Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
- Truth, liberty, and justice cannot demoralize, but blind faith does.
- Extract from : « Handbook of Freethought » by Various
- The fear exists that the fall of the captain will demoralize the rest.
- Extract from : « Battle Studies » by Charles-Jean-Jacques-Joseph Ardant du Picq
Synonyms for demoralize
- abash
- bastardize
- bestialize
- blow out
- blow up
- brutalize
- chill
- cripple
- damp
- dampen
- daunt
- debase
- debauch
- debilitate
- deject
- deprave
- disarrange
- disconcert
- discountenance
- discourage
- dishearten
- disorder
- disorganize
- disparage
- dispirit
- disturb
- embarrass
- enfeeble
- get to
- jumble
- lower
- muddle
- nonplus
- psych out
- rattle
- sap
- send up
- shake
- snarl
- take apart
- take steam out
- undermine
- unglue
- unman
- unsettle
- unzip
- upset
- vitiate
- warp
- weaken
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