demoralize
verb (used with object)
to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of.
demoralizingly
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a word derived from
demoralize.
Example Sentences
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Wages are so demoralizingly low, and the work is so grueling, sad, violent, terrifying and disrespected, that personnel shortages plague the field.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2021
The material was weak, sometimes demoralizingly so, and most jokes drew silence.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2019
An unreturnable serve down the middle slammed the door on the chance and Williams, demoralizingly, rocketed her 13th ace and third of the game to hold firm.
From Reuters ● Jan. 31, 2015
They have lost it at home; lost it on the road; lost it by an agonizingly small margin and by a demoralizingly large margin.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2014
With the decline in volume of the company's business, the amount of routine work in the office became unbearably, demoralizingly light.
From White Ashes by Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson) Kennedy
