DEMORALIZE


Meaning of DEMORALIZE in English

v.tr. (also -ise) 1 destroy (a person's) morale; make hopeless. 2 archaic corrupt (a person's) morals. demoralization n. demoralizing adj. demoralizingly adv.

[ F démoraliser (as DE-, MORAL) ]

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