demoralizing
di maw ruh lahy zing
- v corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- v lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- v confuse or put into disorder
- s destructive of morale and self-reliance
- It is not just what Boston's Bernard Cardinal Law called "a tragic error" but a spiritual and financial body blow to church authority as well, demoralizing to every man who wears a .
- He can't seem to decide whether to run as a maverick and risk demoralizing a GOP base that already mistrusts him or run as a conservative and risk alienating swing voters who .
- But they weren't the demoralizing ones.