Antonyms for demoralize


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-mawr-uh-lahyz, -mor-
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmɔr əˌlaɪz, -ˈmɒr-


Definition of demoralize

Origin :
  • c.1793, "to corrupt the morals of," from French démoraliser, from de- "remove" (see de-) + moral (adj.) (see moral). Said to be a coinage of the French Revolution. Sense of "lower the morale of" (especially of armies) is first recorded 1848. Related: Demoralized; demoralizing.
  • verb depress, unnerve
  • verb corrupt, pervert
Example sentences :
  • Talbot considered it an attempt to demoralize him and was ready for it.
  • Extract from : « Before the Dawn » by Joseph Alexander Altsheler
  • We indulge in feelings which tend to demoralize the whole character.
  • Extract from : « Kenelm Chillingly, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • We demoralize and we extirpate, but we never really civilize.
  • Extract from : « The Malay Archipelago » by Alfred Russell Wallace
  • The people were not yet demoralized, and the problem was how to demoralize them.
  • Extract from : « The Problem of Foreign Policy » by Gilbert Murray
  • The Germans hope to demoralize us by circulating false reports.
  • Extract from : « The Spell of Belgium » by Isabel Anderson
  • The intensity of that white glow must have done much to demoralize them.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts on War Trails in Belgium » by Herbert Carter
  • And such doctrine is evidently calculated to demoralize society.
  • Extract from : « The Bible Of Bibles; » by Kersey Graves
  • The war through which we passed did not demoralize the people.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
  • Truth, liberty, and justice cannot demoralize, but blind faith does.
  • Extract from : « Handbook of Freethought » by Various
  • The fear exists that the fall of the captain will demoralize the rest.
  • Extract from : « Battle Studies » by Charles-Jean-Jacques-Joseph Ardant du Picq

Synonyms for demoralize

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