Synonyms for demoralize
dɪˈmɔr əˌlaɪz, -ˈmɒr-de·mor·al·ize

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1. corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirectverb

   corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

   "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"

   Synonyms:
   subvert, bring down, mislead, overthrow, alloy, misguide, twist, impair, misaddress, abuse, deflower, demoralise, cloud, misdirect, weaken, get down, debase, counteract, sully, convolute, vitiate, profane, deject, lead astray, defile, desecrate, sophisticate, sabotage, load, countermine, mar, taint, overturn, stretch, invalidate, deprave, adulterate, dilute, twist around, undermine, buy, violate, grease one's palms, outrage, cast down, void, dispirit, depress, bribe, misuse, pervert, dismay, debauch, spoil, corrupt

2. depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoraliseverb

   lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

   "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"

   Synonyms:
   start, write down, unhorse, bring down, set about, get, begin, get off, deprave, lower, demoralise, commence, misdirect, dispirit, get down, debase, dismay, profane, appal, swallow, horrify, alarm, subvert, vitiate, take down, set down, dismount, put down, press down, let down, cast down, debauch, appall, depress, deject, pervert, start out, light, corrupt, set out

3. demoralizeverb

   confuse or put into disorder

   "the boss's behavior demoralized everyone in the office"

   Synonyms:
   pervert, debase, debauch, misdirect, depress, demoralise, corrupt, dispirit, get down, cast down, profane, deject, vitiate, subvert, dismay, deprave

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1. • Confuse

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1. demoralizeverb

   Synonyms:
   corrupt, deprave, vitiate, deprive of moral principle

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1. demoralizeverb

   Synonyms:
   deprave, debase, corrupt, vitiate

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1. List of paraphrases for "demoralize":

   demoralise

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How to use demoralize in a sentence?

1. Air Chief Marshal:

   They are asking for proof of our strikes on terrorist training camps, i want to ask the Rahul Gandhi Congress and its allies : Why are they trying to demoralize our forces ?

2. Abigail Adams:

   History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and most active.

3. Adam Eidinger:

   This is a big issue and if you are going to overturn an election, you are going to demoralize young Democrats across the country.

4. Adam Eidinger:

   This is a big issue and if you are going to overturn an election, you are going to demoralize young Democrats across the country, this isn't some bill that can be butchered behind closed doors.

5. Giancarlo Sopo:

   At this stage, I don’t think this scandal alone will prevent President Biden from pursuing a second term, but it weakens one of his primary lines of attack against former President Trump if he is the GOP nominee, the biggest risk for Democrats is that it could demoralize their voters, especially if the DOJ’s investigation escalates.