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• v  corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
• v  lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
• s  destructive of morale and self-reliance

• So demoralising was Gilchrist's assault, for example, that after being slapped for yet another boundary, the unflappable Chaminda Vaas bowled five wides and followed it with a .

• corrupt
• pervert
• subvert
• demoralize
• demoralise
• debauch
• debase
• profane
• vitiate
• deprave
• misdirect
• depress
• deject
• cast down
• get down
• dismay
• dispirit
• demoralizing
• disheartening
• dispiriting

• elate

News & Articles

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• Ashes 2013: Favourites Tag Doesn't Sit Well with England
  It’s the eve of the Ashes, England have won the last two series, and are odds on favourites to claim the coming series. There is just something not quite right about it. Most of English cricket fans grew us on a steady diet of scratching series victories against the second tier test nations interspersed with regular demoralising thrashings by first the West Indies and then Australia. The last 12 ...
  July 9, 2013 - Bleacher Report

Quotes

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• Stewart Cink in ic Wales
  Sometimes you can't explain golf,said Cink. "Sometimes when you're hitting it all over the place and recovering well and making a few putts, it's demoralising to your opponent, and I think that's what happened."