What does demoralized mean?
Definitions for demoralized
de·mor·al·ized
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Princeton's WordNet
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
demoralizedadjective
made less hopeful or enthusiastic; rendered pessimistic; as, the demoralized Iraqi ground troops put up little resistance.
ChatGPT
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
Demoralized
of Demoralize
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of demoralized in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of demoralized in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of demoralized in a Sentence
We're doing much better with independents. We even draw a little bit better with Republicans, so I believe, quite honestly, that with the enthusiasm that we are generating, with the kind of voter turnout that I think we can bring out -- look, Republicans win when people are demoralized and the voter turnout is low.
Barack Obama came to office in a crisis, but the Republicans were nowhere near as demoralized, barack Obama 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.
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.
I can tell you that for my oldest daughter, she likes the online classes. She did very well in them. My youngest daughter had a really hard time with online learning. She's a social creature. She enjoys the camaraderie of her teachers and her classmates, and she was very demoralized. Both of them are dying for school to start back up.
We believe it's a combination … of the George Floyd protests — riots, if you will; a general feeling of a preference for less law enforcement; and less prosecution and less policing, law enforcement officers have essentially been marginalized and demoralized and cast aside and encouraged now to enforce the law. And so we've seen massive jumps in the homicide rate in cities across America.
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