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demoralize 音标拼音: [dɪm'ɔrəl ,ɑɪz] vt. 使道德颓废,使堕落,挫折锐气 使道德颓废,使堕落,挫折锐气 demoralize v 1: 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" [ synonym: { corrupt}, { pervert}, { subvert}, { demoralize}, { demoralise}, { debauch}, { debase}, { profane}, { vitiate}, { deprave}, { misdirect}] 2: lower someone' s spirits; make downhearted; " These news depressed her"; " The bad state of her child' s health demoralizes her" [ synonym: { depress}, { deject}, { cast down}, { get down}, { dismay}, { dispirit}, { demoralize}, { demoralise}] [ ant: { elate}, { intoxicate}, { lift up}, { pick up}, { uplift}] 3: confuse or put into disorder; " the boss' s behavior demoralized everyone in the office" Demoralize \ De* mor" al* ize\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Demoralized}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Demoralizing}.] [ F. d[' e] moraliser; pref. d[' e]- ( L. dis- or de) moraliser. See { Moralize}.] To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy in morals, in discipline, in courage, spirit, etc.; to weaken in spirit or efficiency. [ 1913 Webster] The demoralizing example of profligate power and prosperous crime. -- Walsh. [ 1913 Webster] The vices of the nobility had demoralized the army. -- Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster] 75 Moby Thesaurus words for " demoralize": agitate, bastardize, bewilder, bludgeon, bluster, bluster out of, browbeat, brutalize, bulldoze, bully, chill, confuse, corrupt, cow, cripple, crush, damp, dampen, dash, daunt, debase, debauch, debilitate, defeat, defile, deject, deprave, depress, devitalize, disarrange, discomfit, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, disorder, disorganize, disparage, dispirit, disturb, dragoon, enervate, fluster, harass, hector, huff, intimidate, jumble, knock down, muddle, overcome, perturb, pervert, prostrate, psych out, rattle, shake, shake up, snarl, soil, subdue, sully, systematically terrorize, terrorize, threaten, unbrace, undermine, undo, unman, unnerve, unsettle, unstring, upset, vitiate, warp, weaken
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