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• They had to submit to a demoralizing virtual receivership under the auspices of the European financial institutions and the IMF.2023, Paul B. Stephan, “Cracks in the Foundation and System Shocks: Terror, the Great Recession, and the Arab Spring (2000–15)”, in The…. From the entry Teutonophobia
• It depletes or demoralizes so many prayer-meetings, chills or misfills so many pulpits, and makes so many unworshipping choirs.2009, Milton Wright, edited by Timothy S. G. Binkley, A Higher Moral and Spiritual Stand: Selected Writings of Milton Wright, page 56. From the entry misfill
• The habit of mind so engendered is wholly demoralizing, particularly since the national political consciousness is so dependent on their provokings.1974, Clifford Adelman, No Loaves, No Parables; Liberal Politics and the American Language. From the entry provoking
• Its use is as demoralizing as the use of narcotics.1972, United States. Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, Marihuana: a Signal of Misunderstanding, page 484. From the entry grifo
• They heroically struggled through the remainder of the figure, but Oh-Pshaw, completely demoralized, made one misturn after the other.1919, Hildegard G. Frey, The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit. From the entry heroically
• De-moralizing the subject can be, quite simply, demoralizing, as stirring statements of ideals turn into persnickety rules with exceptions crying out to be loopholed.2005, Deborah Rhode, David Luban, Legal Ethics Stories. From the entry loophole
• Far from suggesting a demoralized culture, endogamy here seemed the mark of a buoyantly confident group, settled in their skin and not needing outsiders.1995, Isabel Fonseca, Bury Me Standing, Vintage, published 2007, page 24. From the entry endogamy
• The usual practice is to demoralize and humiliate the whistleblower, putting him or her under so much psychological stress that it becomes difficult to do a good job.2012, Frederick D. Lipman, Whistleblowers, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, →ISBN, page 60. From the entry whistle-blower
• The Mets were once the clipper ship of baseball, but a demoralizing 4-8 run against the American League East has left them adrift in the horse latitudes.2006 July 8, Bob Ekstrom, “One Amazin’ Debacle”, in Sports Central, retrieved 16 May 2013. From the entry horse latitudes
• Shattered and demoralized, the Russians were unable to prevent the Japanese Army from crossing into Korea and then over the northern frontier at the Yalu River into Russian Manchuria.1993, H. M. Tillotson, “Mannerheim”, in Finland at Peace and War, 1918-1993, Michael Russell, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 25. From the entry Russian Manchuria
• Lu Sun, who was defending Yiling, avoided battle for over seven months until Liu Pei “was at his wits’ end and his troops were exhausted and demoralized”.1966 [1954], Mao Tse-tung, On Protracted War, 3rd edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, published 1967, →OCLC, page 115, note 27. From the entry Yiling

Meaning of demoralize

1. verb To destroy the morale of; to dishearten.
2. verb To erode the moral adherence of; to corrupt.

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How do you use demoralize in a sentence?

Demoralize is used as a verb. For example: “They had to submit to a demoralizing virtual receivership under the auspices of the European financial institutions and the IMF.”

What is a short sentence with demoralize?

“Its use is as demoralizing as the use of narcotics.”

What does demoralize mean?

Demoralize means to destroy the morale of; to dishearten.