Demoralize
verb
To make someone lose hope or confidence.
The team was demoralized by the loss of the game.
Often appears as...
- demoralize the opposition
- demoralize the team
verb
To cause disorder or corruption in a system.
Corrupt politicians demoralize governance.
Often appears as...
- demoralize the system
- demoralize the government
verb
To make someone lose hope or confidence.
The team was demoralized by the loss of the game.
Often appears as...
- demoralize the opposition
- demoralize the team
verb
To cause disorder or corruption in a system.
Corrupt politicians demoralize governance.
Often appears as...
- demoralize the system
- demoralize the government
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Demoralize often implies strong emotional effects, such as feelings of defeat or loss of spirit.
The constant criticism demoralized the artist, who then struggled to paint.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical
'Demoralize' is about affecting morale, not physical strength or ability.
Even though the athletes were fit, the harsh weather demoralized them.
Pro Tip 3/3Power Dynamics
It can be used when a person or event has power to undermine others' confidence.
The CEO's resignation demoralized the entire staff.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Demoralize often implies strong emotional effects, such as feelings of defeat or loss of spirit.
The constant criticism demoralized the artist, who then struggled to paint.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical
'Demoralize' is about affecting morale, not physical strength or ability.
Even though the athletes were fit, the harsh weather demoralized them.
Pro Tip 3/3Power Dynamics
It can be used when a person or event has power to undermine others' confidence.
The CEO's resignation demoralized the entire staff.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Demoralize often implies strong emotional effects, such as feelings of defeat or loss of spirit.
The constant criticism demoralized the artist, who then struggled to paint.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical
'Demoralize' is about affecting morale, not physical strength or ability.
Even though the athletes were fit, the harsh weather demoralized them.
Pro Tip 3/3Power Dynamics
It can be used when a person or event has power to undermine others' confidence.
The CEO's resignation demoralized the entire staff.
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Why bother leaving the...
who used dogs and dogsleds. Scott's team were on foot, all five of them wearing harnesses and dragging around sledges, and they arrived at the pole to find the Norwegian flag already there, I'd imagine pretty bitter and demoralized. All five of them turned and started walking back to the coast and all five died on that return journey.
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How to practice...
Our mind is hard to change once we become convinced. So it might be very natural to feel demoralized and defeated after you fail. But you cannot allow yourself to become convinced you can't succeed. You have to fight feelings of helplessness. You have to gain control over the situation.
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Smash fear, learn...
So the clock started ticking. I started seeking out triathletes because I found that lifelong swimmers often couldn't teach what they did. I tried kickboards. My feet would slice through the water like razors, I wouldn't even move. I would leave demoralized, staring at my feet.
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A love letter to realism...
The ones who didn't survive were the optimists. They said, "We'll be out by Christmas," and Christmas would come and Christmas would go, and then it would be Christmas again, and when they didn't get out, they became disappointed, demoralized
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Why should you read Kurt...
“we are all here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is." We might get pooped and demoralized, but Vonnegut interspersed his grim assessments with more than a few morsels of hope.
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Barry Schwartz: Our loss...
and it causes the activity itself to lose morality. Barack Obama said, before he was inaugurated, "We must ask not just 'Is it profitable?' but 'Is it right?'" And when professions are demoralized,
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Our loss of wisdom -...
professions are demoralized everyone in them becomes dependent on addicted to incentives and they stop asking is it right we see this in medicine and we certainly see it in the world of business
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The revolutionary power...
Having seen how our dreams of democracy and how our dreams of coexistence were crushed in Turkey, both gradually but also with a bewildering speed, over the years I've felt quite demoralized.
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How to make stress your...
Now that you're sufficiently demoralized, time for part a math test. And unbeknownst to you,
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Safari Live - Day 261 PIPE...
so if you look at our son at the moment you can see that he's demoralized a
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Why bother leaving the...
who used dogs and dogsleds. Scott's team were on foot, all five of them wearing harnesses and dragging around sledges, and they arrived at the pole to find the Norwegian flag already there, I'd imagine pretty bitter and demoralized. All five of them turned and started walking back to the coast and all five died on that return journey.
Video examples
How to practice...
Our mind is hard to change once we become convinced. So it might be very natural to feel demoralized and defeated after you fail. But you cannot allow yourself to become convinced you can't succeed. You have to fight feelings of helplessness. You have to gain control over the situation.
Video examples
Smash fear, learn...
So the clock started ticking. I started seeking out triathletes because I found that lifelong swimmers often couldn't teach what they did. I tried kickboards. My feet would slice through the water like razors, I wouldn't even move. I would leave demoralized, staring at my feet.
Video examples
A love letter to realism...
The ones who didn't survive were the optimists. They said, "We'll be out by Christmas," and Christmas would come and Christmas would go, and then it would be Christmas again, and when they didn't get out, they became disappointed, demoralized
Video examples
Why should you read Kurt...
“we are all here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is." We might get pooped and demoralized, but Vonnegut interspersed his grim assessments with more than a few morsels of hope.
Video examples
Barry Schwartz: Our loss...
and it causes the activity itself to lose morality. Barack Obama said, before he was inaugurated, "We must ask not just 'Is it profitable?' but 'Is it right?'" And when professions are demoralized,
Video examples
Our loss of wisdom -...
professions are demoralized everyone in them becomes dependent on addicted to incentives and they stop asking is it right we see this in medicine and we certainly see it in the world of business
Video examples
The revolutionary power...
Having seen how our dreams of democracy and how our dreams of coexistence were crushed in Turkey, both gradually but also with a bewildering speed, over the years I've felt quite demoralized.
Video examples
How to make stress your...
Now that you're sufficiently demoralized, time for part a math test. And unbeknownst to you,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 261 PIPE...
so if you look at our son at the moment you can see that he's demoralized a
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John F. Kennedy
American President
Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.
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JaVale McGee
American Athlete
Blocking a shot can really demoralize a person and defer them from coming to the rim the rest of the game. So being able to do that and change the landscape of the game by one play is pretty amazing.
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Anna Garlin Spencer
American Educator
The experience of the race shows that we get our most important education not through books but through our work. We are developed by our daily task, or else demoralized by it, as by nothing else.
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Gord Downie
Canadian Musician
I used to run the band hockey pool - regular season and playoffs. I would write weekly reports, which were meant to demoralize and diffuse enjoyment for others.
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Marie Louise
French Royalty
I am convinced that our movement will be more demoralized and weakened by blind and uncritical admiration than by frank admission of past mistakes.
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Guy Fieri
American Businessman
I'm like anybody else. You get enough, you can get beat up. You can get hurt. You can get frustrated. You can get demoralized.
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Howard Mumford Jones
American Writer
I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight of conformity that now lies upon us.
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Peter Diamandis
American Businessman
I get demoralized by organizations that start off with a mission and pull back when they find it's risky.
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Elif Batuman
American Author
It's important not to censor yourself and not to get upset or demoralized when you write bad stuff.
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Patrisse Cullors
American Activist
We can feel sad, hurt, demoralized. But we can't give up.
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John F. Kennedy
American President
Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.
Quote examples
JaVale McGee
American Athlete
Blocking a shot can really demoralize a person and defer them from coming to the rim the rest of the game. So being able to do that and change the landscape of the game by one play is pretty amazing.
Quote examples
Anna Garlin Spencer
American Educator
The experience of the race shows that we get our most important education not through books but through our work. We are developed by our daily task, or else demoralized by it, as by nothing else.
Quote examples
Gord Downie
Canadian Musician
I used to run the band hockey pool - regular season and playoffs. I would write weekly reports, which were meant to demoralize and diffuse enjoyment for others.
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Marie Louise
French Royalty
I am convinced that our movement will be more demoralized and weakened by blind and uncritical admiration than by frank admission of past mistakes.
Quote examples
Guy Fieri
American Businessman
I'm like anybody else. You get enough, you can get beat up. You can get hurt. You can get frustrated. You can get demoralized.
Quote examples
Howard Mumford Jones
American Writer
I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight of conformity that now lies upon us.
Quote examples
Peter Diamandis
American Businessman
I get demoralized by organizations that start off with a mission and pull back when they find it's risky.
Quote examples
Elif Batuman
American Author
It's important not to censor yourself and not to get upset or demoralized when you write bad stuff.
Quote examples
Patrisse Cullors
American Activist
We can feel sad, hurt, demoralized. But we can't give up.
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