That announcement dealt a huge blow to our morale internally and to the case that we made to minority voters externally.
Itani told me that news of the letter was awful for the morale of the opposition forces.
“All this boosts the morale of the Afghan Taliban,” says the colonel.
With the Pentagon concerned about fatigue and morale, a lost piece of valuable property is the last thing these families need.
At a meeting, a chaplain said “morale seems to be up… at least for those headed home.”
Thirdly, we were to emphasise to the men that Turkish morale was on the wane.
In this battle there was as great a change in morale as in the battle of the Ourcq.
In seventy-two hours he has wrecked the morale of Manhattan.
The men take pride in keeping up the morale of the regiment.
This retirement on the Somme is clever, though it may tell on the morale of his men.
1752, "moral principles or practice," from French morale "morality, good conduct," from fem. of Old French moral "moral" (see moral (adj.)). Meaning "confidence" (especially in a military context) first recorded 1831, from confusion with French moral (French distinguishes le moral "temperament" and la morale "morality").
