demoralize
demoralise BrE

He thought about her just often enough to be demoralized.

If they were not kept down society would be demoralized.

He could only tell them things that would demoralize their will further.

She stood looking about her, not the least demoralized by his words.

But it was easy to win them over, given how demoralized they were after the Bush years.

They had to go back, or the entire movement would be demoralized.

As a result, the crisis here has demoralized the entire nation.

But other board members are said to be angry and demoralized.

Talking to her, as so often, left him demoralized and confused.

It was demoralizing to remember just how much he had hurt her.

In recent months, the department has been battered and demoralized.

But we should be just as demoralized by our own indifference.

A lot of people just went to bed, demoralized and depressed.

"Those kind of plays demoralize the other team and get yourself going."

He was too weak, and just thinking of the effort demoralized him.

As such became demoralized about the project and started shutting himself at home.

What better way to demoralize an enemy than to first go for their heart?

"But what civilized them might very well demoralize us even further."

The school of 480 students had been demoralized by going through three principals in six years.

It's demoralizing to me to see men who are so frightened.

But it is not time to leave yet, and even demoralized troops need a mission.

"Would it lift or demoralize the men if I were to place myself among them?"

"It demoralizes them a little bit, takes the spirit away."

For one thing, employees will be further demoralized, affecting service.

Faced with a total of 272, England were simply demoralized.

None of us involved in teaching want to demoralise students.

It is bad to demoralise young people by peddling these myths.

"It's likely to demoralise the judiciary and sap it of the will to continue its work."

It can also totally demoralise the person who falls and destroy his or her independence.

Such attacks create mistrust within security agencies and demoralise them."

"To-day - you understand - I demoralise your crew; there is no time to be lost."

The break off, or "B" team at the age group is usually called the Blues so not to demoralise the players.

If you want to demoralise a workforce just keep telling it how they've been doing it wrong since records began.

What spell had the priest cast, he wondered, that could so demoralise such excellent fighting men?

Now it will be swords and they will try to demoralise us by a sudden attack.

She says it'll demoralise the older children.

Obviously the whole unemployment/Social Security system had been set up to confuse, anger and demoralise him.

In many instances the declared aim was to demoralise the Palestinians or to accelerate their surrender.

The third concealment would demoralise them most.

Holiday keeps the information about Johnson's suicide from Cook as he is worried it will demoralise him.

Thus we can perhaps demoralise his warriors and take considerably more of them man they can of us.

But Lake was trying hard and Ananais could see no reason to demoralise him.

Large partnerships do more than simply add runs to the scoreboard, they may also serve to exhaust and demoralise the fielding team.

I would recommend not applying to loads of positions, it will only demoralise you when the rejections mount up.

The boy began to crawl, not daring to look up lest the distance demoralise him, forcing him to give in.

Outram had hoped that the relief would also demoralise the rebels, but was disappointed.

They tried to demoralise me, but as far as I am concerned they were just abusing me.

"Well, one day Harry told three of us we were going to demoralise the daylights out of some enemy unit or other.

News of Uther's death would demoralise the kingdom, making his invasion plans more certain of success.

Those who did so were 'trying to demoralise Communists, reduce their effectiveness at a turning-point for perestroika, and set the workers against the party'.