Definitions for demoralizing
de·mor·al·iz·ing

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1. demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiritingadjective

   destructive of morale and self-reliance

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1. demoralizingadjective

   discouraging. Opposite of encouraging.

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1. demoralizingadjective

   disheartening

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1. 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.

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1. Demoralizing

   of Demoralize

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1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Veena

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of demoralizing in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of demoralizing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of demoralizing in a Sentence

1. Christopher Smith/Invision/AP:

   Here I am achieving this out-of-control life, and I can't do the one thing I'm biologically put on this earth to do. Then I have to go onstage and be this sex symbol of femininity and empowerment? It is demoralizing.

2. Oscar Wilde:

   The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. The Greeks were quite right there. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture, and contemplation become almost impossible. Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends.

3. Christine Villani:

   I find it demoralizing, and I feel like I live in a war zone, it says to me that nobody cares, anything goes.

4. John Kerry:

   The fact is there is nothing, absolutely nothing, more demoralizing and disempowering to any citizen of any nation than the belief the system is rigged against them and that people in positions of power are -- to use a diplomatic term of art -- crooks who are stealing the future of their own people, it's everybody's responsibility to condemn and expose corruption, to hold perpetrators accountable and to replace a culture of corruption.

5. Mary Campbell:

   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.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=demoralizing
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=demoralizing
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Demoralizing
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/demoralizing