demoralize
US: /dɪˈmɔɹəˌɫaɪz/
English Vietnamese dictionary
demoralize /di'mɔrəlaiz/ (demoralise) /di'mɔrəlaiz/
- ngoại động từ
- phá hoại đạo đức, làm đồi phong bại tục, làm sa ngã đồi bại
- làm mất tinh thần, làm thoái chí, làm nản lòng
Advanced English dictionary
(BrE also demoralise) + verb
[VN] [usually passive] to make sb lose confidence or hope
Synonym: DISHEARTEN
Constant criticism is enough to demoralize anybody.
demoralized, demoralised adjective: The workers here seem very demoralized.
demoralizing, demoralising adjective: the demoralizing effects of unemployment
demoralization, demoralisation noun [U]
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 dispirit, daunt, dishearten, discourage, defeat; weaken, cripple, enervate, devitalize, depress, subdue, crush:
The party's crushing defeat in the election thoroughly demoralized its supporters.
2 corrupt, pervert, deprave, vitiate, debase, debauch:
The committee consider him a demoralizing influence and insist he should resign.
3 bewilder, discomfit, unnerve, shake (up), confuse, fluster, disconcert, unnerve, perturb, disturb, upset, Colloq rattle:
The demonstrators were completely demoralized when arrested for loitering.
