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demoralising

 
Adjective demoralising has 1 sense
  1. demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting - destructive of morale and self-reliance
    Antonym: encouraging (indirect, via discouraging)
Verb demoralise has 2 senses
  1. corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect - 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"
    --1 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Derived form: noun demoralisation3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  2. depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise - lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
    --2 is one way to discourage
    Derived form: noun demoralisation2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
demonstrators demonym demoracias demorage demorale demoralisation demoralise demoralised demoralising demoraliz demoralization demoralize demoralized demoralizing demorhage demorrage demos

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