demoralize

English

Alternative forms

• (UK) demoralise

Etymology

From French démoraliser

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈmɒɹəlaɪz/

Verb

demoralize (third-person singular simple present demoralizes, present participle demoralizing, simple past and past participle demoralized)

1. (transitive, American spelling) To destroy the morale of; to dishearten.

Translations

to destroy morale; to dishearten

• Catalan: desmoralitzar (ca)
• Czech: demoralizovat
• Danish: demoralisere
• Esperanto: demoralizi
• French: démoraliser (fr)

• German: demoralisieren (de)
• Greek: αποκαρδιώνω (el) (apokardióno)
• Luxembourgish: demoraliséieren
• Maori: whakakiwakiwa
• Spanish: desmoralizar (es), comer la moral (colloquial)
• Swedish: demoralisera (sv)
• Ukrainian: деморалізовувати impf (demoralizovuvaty), деморалізувати pf (demoralizuvaty)