Demoralizing — synonyms, definition

1. demoralizing (Adjective)

demoralising disheartening dispiriting

demoralizing (Adjective) — Destructive of morale and self-reliance. ex. "To me the whole trip was demoralizing"

2. demoralizing (Verb)

casting down corrupting debasing debauching dejecting depraving depressing dismaying getting down misdirecting perverting profaning subverting vitiating

demoralizing (Verb) — Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. ex. "Socrates was accused of demoralizing young men"

demoralizing (Verb) — Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted. ex. "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"

demoralizing (Verb) — Confuse or put into disorder. ex. "the boss's behaviour demoralized everyone in the office"

altering baffling beating bedeviling befuddling bewildering changing confounding confusing discombobulating discouraging dumbfounding flummoxing foxing frustrating fuddling getting graveling modifying mystifying • • • bastardising bastardizing carnalising carnalizing chilling infecting leading astray leading off poisoning sensualising sensualizing suborning