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  • adjective made less hopeful or enthusiastic; rendered pessimistic.

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  • verb Past participle of demoralize

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  • adjective made less hopeful or enthusiastic

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Examples

  • And some not able to hold their urine or their bowel was so terribly -- well, demoralized is to say it mildly.

    Interview Text Excerpt 2010

  • FSU again demoralized Duke, improving to 12-0 in the all-time series.

    USATODAY.com 2003

  • FSU again demoralized Duke, improving to 12-0 in the all-time series.

    USATODAY.com 2003

  • To see why, remember that Bush’s second term demoralized a lot of Republicans.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Thoughts on Sarah Palin and Going Rogue 2009

  • Lifting the spirits of the demoralized is a craft -- not a science -- and a wall covered with diplomas does not translate to talent and wisdom in this area.

    Bruce E. Levine: Regaining Morale in the Age of Depression 2008

  • Everyone knows on the contrary that men in authority -- be they emperors, ministers, governors, or police officers -- are always, simply from the possession of power, more liable to be demoralized, that is, to subordinate public interests to their personal aims than those who have not the power to do so.

    The Kingdom of God Is Within You Leo Tolstoy 1869

  • Much of the remaining work force, which Gregoire described as "demoralized," learned this week that her office wants to re-negotiate how much workers pay in health care premiums.

    Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News 2011

  • He leaves behind a system that Federal Aviation Administration FAA head Randy Babbitt says is in the process of transformation but that critics describe as demoralized by almost eight years of turmoil and change.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • ain't this life a riot word of the week is 'demoralized' - no, word of the month

    kelsi Diary Entry kelsi 2005

  • The New York Times did note, however, that Rubin appeared "demoralized" by the questioning.

    Shadow Elite : Goldman Sachs - Fraud Is Not the Scandal 2010

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