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demoralized

demoralized adjective: disheartened. Also the simple past and past participle of demoralize.

Adjective

demoralized (comparative more demoralized, superlative most demoralized)

  1. disheartened.
    • The state uses universal testing to identify and elevate meritocrats, leaving most of England’s citizens poor and demoralized, without even a legitimate grievance, since, after all, who could argue that the wise should not rule?2019 May 9, Sarah Leonard, “The Fall of the Meritocracy”, in The New Republic

Also used as

demoralized is also the simple past and past participle of demoralize.

Forms of demoralized

comparativemore demoralized
superlativemost demoralized

Words formed from demoralized

Questions about demoralized

What does demoralized mean?
Demoralized means disheartened.
What part of speech is demoralized?
Demoralized is an adjective.

Words near demoralized in the dictionary

  1. demoralising
  2. demoralisingly
  3. demoralization
  4. demoralizations
  5. demoralize
  6. demoralized
  7. demoralizer
  8. demoralizers
  9. demoralizes
  10. demoralizing
  11. demoralizingly

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