morale
/məˈɹɑːl/US/məˈɹæl/
morale noun: the mental and emotional state of a person or group, especially their level of confidence, enthusiasm, and loyalty with regard to a function or task.
Noun
morale (countable and uncountable, plural morales)
- The mental and emotional state of a person or group, especially their level of confidence, enthusiasm, and loyalty with regard to a function or task.
- After the layoffs, morale was at an all time low; the staff were so dispirited nothing was getting done.
- Morale is an important quality in soldiers. With good morale they'll charge into a hail of bullets; without it they won't even cross a street.
- Synonyms:
- esprit de corps
morale meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
morale in Hindi
- the capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others
- मनोबल manobal, जोश joś, हौसला hauslā
morale in Tamil
- மன உறுதி
morale in Urdu
- morale, confidence, willpower, strength of spirit
- حوصلہ ḥauṣala
morale in Bengali
- মনোবল, মানসিক অবস্থা
More languagesFewer languages
- morale in Malayalam
- ആത്മവീര്യം, ധർമ്മധീരത, മനോവീര്യം
- morale in Kannada
- ಧೃತಿ, ಧೈರ್ಯ, ಸ್ಥೈರ್ಯ, ಉತ್ಸಾಹ
- morale in Punjabi
- حوصلہ ḥauṣlah, ਹੌਸਲਾ hauslā
- morale in Sanskrit
- मनोबल manobala
- morale in Tagalog
- katatagang-loob
- morale in Arabic
- رُوح مَعْنَوِيَّة rūḥ maʕnawiyya
- morale in Indonesian
- korsa, daya juang, moral
- morale in Persian
- روحیه ruhiyye
- morale in Vietnamese
- tinh thần
Examples of morale in a sentence
- A morale-boosting exercise
- Bloomberg and Mary Wittenberg, director of the marathon — said the event would provide a needed morale boost, as well as an economic one.2012 November 2, Ken Belson, New York Times, retrieved 02 Nov 2012:
Synonyms of morale
Forms of morale
| plural | morales |
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Origin of morale
Borrowed from French morale.
Words formed from morale
Phrases with morale
Words that rhyme with morale
Questions about morale
- What does morale mean?
- Morale means the mental and emotional state of a person or group, especially their level of confidence, enthusiasm, and loyalty with regard to a function or task.
- What is morale in Hindi?
- Morale in Hindi is मनोबल (manobal), जोश (joś), हौसला (hauslā). See Morale meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use morale in a sentence?
- A morale-boosting exercise
- What part of speech is morale?
- Morale is a noun.
- How do you pronounce morale?
- Morale is pronounced /məˈɹɑːl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of morale?
- The plural of morale is morales.
Words near morale in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: morale (page history and authors); morale (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); حوصلہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); Morale (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); morale (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); morale (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); حوصلہ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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