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Princeton's WordNet

  1. demoralized, demoralised, discouraged, disheartenedadjective

    made less hopeful or enthusiastic

    "desperate demoralized people looking for work"; "felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem"; "the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest"

GCIDE

  1. demoralizedadjective

    made less hopeful or enthusiastic; rendered pessimistic; as, the demoralized Iraqi ground troops put up little resistance.

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  1. demoralized

    Demoralized refers to the feeling of losing confidence, courage, or hope; disheartened or discouraged, often resulting from a challenging or disappointing experience. This can involve feelings of inadequacy or loss of enthusiasm and can be experienced individually or collectively, such as within a team or organization. It is often associated with failure, criticism, or difficult circumstances.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Demoralized

    of Demoralize

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of demoralized in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of demoralized in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of demoralized in a Sentence

  1. Paul DiGiacomo:

    The increase in detectives and other cops filing for retirement comes as no shock, no one wants to come to work every day and be demoralized and vilified as they risk their lives to protect people.

  2. Bernie Sanders:

    Democrats will not win in 2022 with a demoralized base. There must be energy and excitement. Today, in these difficult times, the American people want to know that their elected officials have the courage to take on the powerful special interests and fight for their needs.

  3. Greg Abbott:

    In many instances during my life, I have shown integrity and taken the right path under pressure, but in this perfect storm I buckled, to every single soul demoralized or offended by my actions, I deeply apologize.

  4. Guy Cecil:

    This election is a warning for all Demoralized Democrats. While DC Democrats spent weeks fighting each other, Republicans were focused on mobilizing their base and peeling away voters from the President Joe Biden coalition using deceptive, divisive tactics, it's time to focus on what's next. Congressional Democrats must immediately pass the infrastructure and Build Back Better bills. We must begin tomorrow to consolidate and mobilize those who turned out to vote Democratic in 2020. And we must draw a sharp contrast between Democratic progress and Republican extremism.

  5. Joseph White:

    Obama came to office in a crisis, but the Republicans were nowhere near as demoralized, he did not have on the GOP side anyone like 'Boll Weevil' Democrats with whom to bargain. Republican elites and voters united in opposition to him -- if anything they got more extreme.

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  • деморализованныйRussian

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