Definition of Demoralised

1. Adjective. Made less hopeful or enthusiastic. "The disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest"

Exact synonyms: Demoralized, Discouraged, Disheartened
Similar to: Pessimistic

Definition of Demoralised

1. Verb. (past of demoralise) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Demoralised

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demonstratorship
demonstratorships
demonstratory
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demonymic
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demoparties
demoparty
demophile
demophiles
demorage
demorages
demoralisation
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demoralised
demoralises
demoralising
demoralisingly
demoralization
demoralizations
demoralize
demoralized
demoralizer
demoralizers
demoralizes
demoralizing
demoralizingly
demorphinization
demos

Literary usage of Demoralised

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. China and the Allies by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1901)
"CHAPTER XXXV Before the third gate—Demoralised Chinese—Sharp-shooters —When victory was near—" Cease firing "—The Russian and American Generals—In a ..."

2. History of the United States from the Foundation of Virginia to the by Percy Greg (1887)
"The North benefits by Defeat—The South half-demoralised by Victory— Appointment of M'Clellan—Quality and Condition of Northern Soldiery. ..."

3. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"way clear. Scott's campaign is wholly destroyed and he must now go to work and reconstruct it. While our army is demoralised, theirs is in the ..."

4. The Lost Continent: Or, Slavery and the Slave-trade in Africa 1875, with by Joseph Cooper (1875)
"... of the African People where not demoralised by the Slave-trader. ONE important result of the Treaty so ably negociated by Sir Bartle Frere with the ..."

5. A Descriptive Dictionary of the Indian Islands & Adjacent Countries by John Crawfurd (1856)
"... while their rapacious pursuit engrossed the attention of the other nations,— essentially demoralised, and rendered them very unsuitable missionaries for ..."

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