demoralizedadjective
UK usually demoralised uk/dɪˈmɒr.ə.laɪzd/us/dɪˈmɔːr.ə.laɪzd/having lost your confidence, enthusiasm, and hope:
After the game, the players were tired and demoralized.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Feeling sad and unhappy
- (down) in the dumps idiom
- a dog's life idiom
- a long face idiom
- abject
- be cut up idiom
- be down in the mouth idiom
- be in a funk idiom
- bruised
- dog
- doleful
- dour
- downhearted
- grieving
- miserably
- mope
- mope around (somewhere)
- morose
- mournful
- not be a happy camper idiom
- wretched
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demoralization
noun [ U ] UK usually demoralisation uk/dɪˌmɒr.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/dɪˌmɔːr.əl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/
demoralizing
adjective UK usually demoralising uk/dɪˈmɒr.ə.laɪ.zɪŋ/us/dɪˈmɔːr.ə.laɪ.zɪŋ/
Being out of work for a long time is very demoralizing.