Definitions for demoralizing
de·mor·al·iz·ing

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1. demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiritingadjective

   destructive of morale and self-reliance

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1. demoralizingadjective

   discouraging. Opposite of encouraging.

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1. demoralizingadjective

   disheartening

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1. demoralizing

   Demoralizing refers to the act or situation of causing someone to lose confidence, hope, or spirit, often by showing them that they are unlikely to succeed or by making their tasks harder or seemingly impossible. It involves instilling feelings of despair, discouragement, distress, or fear.

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1. Demoralizing

   of Demoralize

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of demoralizing in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of demoralizing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of demoralizing in a Sentence

1. Jennifer Lincoln:

   It's demoralizing to go through the amount of years of training that we go through, to know and to see the outcomes that happened with people when they didn't have a choice, when they had situations that they couldn't take control of, and to see that patients now who are just being told that they are not able to be in control of their life and their reproductive choices, we've already been down, because of Covid and seeing our patients be left behind, out of the vaccine trials, and now this, it's just -- it's just hard when Jennifer Lincoln never thought this would have to be an issue. And we've got plenty of other stuff to focus on, right ?

2. Casey Wehr:

   It was demoralizing, we had to start back at square one; the other firms who’d offered us term sheets had already reallocated their funds or rejected us because we didn’t choose them first.

3. Christopher Smith/Invision/AP:

   Here I am achieving this out-of-control life, and I can't do the one thing I'm biologically put on this earth to do. Then I have to go onstage and be this sex symbol of femininity and empowerment? It is demoralizing.

4. Ulysses S. Grant:

   Wars of extermination, engaged in by people pursuing commerce and all industrial pursuits, are expensive even against the weakest people, and are demoralizing and wicked.

5. Chris Christie:

   We have taken for granted, everybody, nearly 14 years of not attack in this country on a major scale. And we should not take that for granted, the thing that's demoralizing to me is that there are I think so many sectors in our country who haven't forgotten 9/11. Everyone will remember 9/11, but have forgotten what 9/11 felt like.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=demoralizing
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=demoralizing
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Demoralizing
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/demoralizing
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=demoralizing