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1
to deprive of courage or confidence
- the mere sight of the forbidding cliffs demoralized the climbers
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2
to lessen the courage or confidence of
- we refused to be demoralized by our humiliating defeat and vowed to come roaring back the following week
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3
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
- felt society as a whole has been demoralized by the widespread availability of pornography
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The first known use of demoralize was circa 1793
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