verb
- Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
- usage: "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children"; "corrupt the morals"
- Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted.
- usage: "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
- synonyms: depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
- Confuse or put into disorder.
- usage: "the boss's behavior demoralized everyone in the office"
- synonyms: demoralize
adjective
- Made less hopeful or enthusiastic.
- usage: "desperate demoralized people looking for work"; "felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem"; "the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest"
- synonyms: demoralised, discouraged, disheartened
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