demoralize

Other spellings

• (UK) demoralise

Verb

Plain form demoralize

Third-person singular demoralizes

Past tense demoralized

Past participle demoralized

Present participle demoralizing

1. (transitive) If you demoralize someone or something, you make them lose their morale; you dishearten them.

   The army was demoralized by their leaders' speech before the big battle.

Related words

• demoralization