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Definitions for demoralizing
de·mor·al·iz·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiritingadjective
destructive of morale and self-reliance
GCIDE
demoralizingadjective
discouraging. Opposite of encouraging.
Wiktionary
demoralizingadjective
disheartening
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demoralizing
Demoralizing refers to the act or situation of causing someone to lose confidence, hope, or spirit, often by showing them that they are unlikely to succeed or by making their tasks harder or seemingly impossible. It involves instilling feelings of despair, discouragement, distress, or fear.
Webster Dictionary
Demoralizing
of Demoralize
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of demoralizing in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of demoralizing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of demoralizing in a Sentence
One of the best ways to deal with the depressing and demoralizing impact of the constant barrage of bad news is distraction. We are not burying our head in the sand when we engage in activities that take us away from an otherwise distressing situation.
We have taken for granted, everybody, nearly 14 years of not attack in this country on a major scale. And we should not take that for granted, the thing that's demoralizing to me is that there are I think so many sectors in our country who haven't forgotten 9/11. Everyone will remember 9/11, but have forgotten what 9/11 felt like.
Wars of extermination, engaged in by people pursuing commerce and all industrial pursuits, are expensive even against the weakest people, and are demoralizing and wicked.
I wish my parents could've been here to hear that, and I wish everyone could hear how it truly feels to live with mental illness, the stigma of mental illness was just so demoralizing at the time when I was diagnosed that I couldn't come out. I couldn't really seek the treatment I needed. It just took a lot of self-advocacy.
It's very demoralizing to sit there and constantly get on and get kicked out, after a while, it's nuts.
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