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• v  corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
• v  lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
• v  confuse or put into disorder
  the boss's behavior demoralized everyone in the office
• s  made less hopeful or enthusiastic
  desperate demoralized people looking for work

• He's the guy who took over a state that was demoralized and nearly bankrupt after Michael Dukakis' tenure and proceeded to balance the budget six years in a row while cutting taxes .
• Ogunlesi urges demoralized bankers to stay in front of clients and advise them on non-deal-related matters like industry trends, a strategy that pays off once the deals return.
• Four times they were thrown back, once demoralized by bombs from seven Japanese planes.

• corrupt
• pervert
• subvert
• demoralize
• demoralise
• debauch
• debase
• profane
• vitiate
• deprave
• misdirect
• depress
• deject
• cast down
• get down
• dismay
• dispirit
• demoralised
• discouraged
• disheartened

• elate

News & Articles

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• Chiefs Baseball Not Deterred By Loss
  For a town with such a proud tradition of baseball excellence, the goal is always to reach the mountaintop. There is no reason to be demoralized, however, by a 1-0 season-ending defeat in the Long Island Class-AA Championship game, according to Head Coach Tom Sheedy. “It was such a competitive game,” said Sheedy. “We had our chances, but today we didn’t come through.” Massapequa put together a ...
  June 13, 2013 - Massapequan Observer
• Aid from Assad allies risks tipping balance in Syria
  WASHINGTON – The leader of Syria's main opposition group warned Friday that rebel fighters had been weakened and demoralized after a string of recent tactical setbacks and that the aid Iran, Russia and Hezbollah are providing President Bashar al-Assad's army is quickly overpowering opposition forces.
  June 8, 2013 - Fox News
• Aid from Assad allies appears to be tipping balance in Syrian war
  The leader of Syria's main opposition group warned Friday that rebel fighters had been weakened and demoralized after a string of recent tactical setbacks and that the aid Iran, Russia and Hezbollah are providing President Bashar al-Assad's army is quickly overpowering opposition forces.
  June 8, 2013 - Fox News

Quotes

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• Miroslav Klose in Reuters
  The team will continue to develop further,said striker Miroslav Klose. "This defeat has put a dent in our spirit but we are not demoralized. This team played a great tournament and will only become better."
• Alex White Plume in In-Forum (subscription)
  I don't know what led to his idea, the need to destroy the very thing that he worshipped, but that's certainly what's going on here. You have a demoralized boy, a boy who's subject to humiliation, and in his quiet hours has this lust for the Jesse... Brad Pitt http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Pitt&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHTHpU2s1QE1jcUKgk4EOI3-2B0lg FOXNews http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Sep17/0,4670,FilmBradPitt,00.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFabU4WsUWW4LUZBINLwzcXruURTQ Sep 17, 2007 26351 35075 demoralized All that left us in debt and demoralized, trying to figure out what to do because our sovereignty was directly attacked," White Plume said.