Synonyms for demoralize
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
2. Vitiate — to erode the moral adherence of; to corrupt
vitiate, debase, corrupt, debauch, subvert, undermine, disempower, pervert, misdirect, lead astray, warp, sophisticate, deprave, profane, immoralize, immoralise UK, unmoralize, seduce, defile, contaminate, pollute, adulterate formal dated
3. Discourage — to destroy the morale of; to dishearten
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To destroy the morale of; to dishearten.
- v. 2
To erode the moral adherence of; to corrupt.
Related words
- Word family
- demoralization
- Other spellings
- demoralise UK
Forms
- Past participle
- demoralized
e.g. demoralized → depressed, dismayed, dispirited, dejected…
Example sentences
- dismay To my dismay, he was caught cheating in the examination.
- depress Rain doesn't depress people who like reading.
- debase You will debase yourself with such behavior.
- vitiate Repeated delays may vitiate the public's confidence in the project.
By length
- 4 letters
- warp1
- 5 letters
- deter2, daunt1
- 6 letters
- dismay2, seduce2, defile, debase2, deject2
- 7 letters
- corrupt2, pervert2, subvert2, profane2, depress2, pollute2, vitiate3, debauch, deprave2
- 8 letters
- dispirit
- 9 letters
- undermine3, misdirect3
- 10 letters
- discourage3, disempower, adulterate4, dishearten, immoralize, immoralise, unmoralize
- 11 letters
- contaminate4
- 12 letters
- sophisticate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (deter2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- démoraliser
- Español
- desmoralizar
- Deutsch
- demoralisieren