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Meanings of
demoralizing
in English
Destructive of morale and self-reliance.
disheartening
dispiriting
demoralising
Related terms
discouraging
Synonyms
Examples for "
disheartening
"
disheartening
dispiriting
demoralising
Examples for "
disheartening
"
1
A few weeks later Lea sent him a standard and
disheartening
letter.
2
The first attempts to focus our awareness often proves to be
disheartening
.
3
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released figures revealing a
disheartening
fact.
4
And here lies the trouble,-inthe unfathomable,
disheartening
duplicity of the race.
5
His view was a snapshot of personal violation, both
disheartening
and overwhelming.
1
Fog machines provide a
dispiriting
miasma; the puddles come from water trucks.
2
It conflicts with the box set regime, and it can be
dispiriting
.
3
I had nothing to complain of; but the effect was rather
dispiriting
.
4
But the period after the interval was even more
dispiriting
for Chelsea.
5
This is pretty
dispiriting
,
bordering on manically depressing, from a European perspective.
1
Two recently published books reflect the atmosphere: very negative and very
demoralising
.
2
Irish rugby hasn't known such a
demoralising
weekend in a long time.
3
Another
demoralising
defeat, another inquest into where English football is going wrong.
4
Against infantry in the open this sort of thing is extremely
demoralising
.
5
I shall have you
demoralising
the whole ward if you stay here.
Usage of
demoralizing
in English
1
But there is no romance in trench fighting; it is sickening,
demoralizing
.
2
Nothing can be more
demoralizing
in the long run than lynch law.
3
The Republic is not the
demoralizing
force some would have it believed.
4
Play then changes to fooling and if habitually indulged in is
demoralizing
.
5
Castro complained that the low-level planes were
demoralizing
Cuban and Soviet troops.
6
It leads to selfishness, to a laxness in home manners very
demoralizing
.
7
When he invoked
demoralizing
passions, he converted all Arabia in eleven years.
8
The non-observance of either of these two points produces a
demoralizing
effect.
9
Such a religion is
demoralizing
;
and how are you to get there?
10
For them there is no occupation so
demoralizing
as office-seeking, except office-holding.
11
The question is often asked, Is the life of a soldier
demoralizing
?
12
Byron complained of their coarseness, but Byron's poetry is far more
demoralizing
.
13
It is a very
demoralizing
position, when one's tastes outgrow one's surroundings.
14
What a disgrace is this
demoralizing
mode of amusement to our country!
15
At the very least, it could then pass along an extremely
demoralizing
message.
16
Josephus went with the maids; the country had a
demoralizing
effect upon him.
Other examples for "demoralizing"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
demoralizing
Adjective
demoralize
Verb
Present
Frequent collocations
demoralizing effect
most demoralizing
demoralizing influence
very demoralizing
so demoralizing
More collocations
Demoralizing
through the time
Demoralizing
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common