DEMORALIZE
Dictionary entry overview: What does demoralize mean?
• DEMORALIZE (verb)
The verb DEMORALIZE has 3 senses:
1. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
2. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
3. confuse or put into disorder
Familiarity information: DEMORALIZE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• DEMORALIZE (verb)
Meaning:
Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
profane; pervert; misdirect; deprave; demoralize; demoralise; debauch; debase; corrupt; vitiate; subvert
Context examples:
debauch the young people with wine and women / Socrates was accused of corrupting young men / Do school counselors subvert young children? / corrupt the morals
Hypernyms (to "demoralize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "demoralize"):
carnalise; carnalize; sensualise; sensualize (debase through carnal gratification)
infect (contaminate with ideas or an ideology)
lead astray; lead off (teach immoral behavior to)
whore (corrupt by lewd intercourse)
poison (spoil as if by poison)
bastardise; bastardize (change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms)
suborn (incite to commit a crime or an evil deed)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
dispirit; dismay; depress; deject; cast down; demoralize; demoralise; get down
Context examples:
These news depressed her / The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
Hypernyms (to "demoralize" is one way to...):
discourage (deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "demoralize"):
chill (depress or discourage)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The bad news will demoralize him
Meaning:
Confuse or put into disorder
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
the boss's behavior demoralized everyone in the office
Hypernyms (to "demoralize" is one way to...):
bedevil; befuddle; confound; confuse; discombobulate; fox; fuddle; throw (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
