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Definition of Demoralizing
1. Adjective. Destructive of morale and self-reliance.
Definition of Demoralizing
1. Verb. (present participle of demoralize) ¹
2. Adjective. disheartening ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Demoralizing
1. demoralize [v] - See also: demoralize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demoralizing
Literary usage of Demoralizing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical Sketch of the Second War Between the United States of America by Charles Jared Ingersoll (1845)
"ITS demoralizing EFFECTS.—LAW OF NATIONS THEREUPON. ... There our people discovered
the demoralizing, and degrading effects on British soldiers, ..."
2. The National Purity Congress: Its Papers, Addresses, Portraits. An by American Purity Alliance (1896)
"In like manner the systematic corruption ot the youth of this nation by means of
demoralizing publications and articles for immoral use has made absolutely ..."
3. Twenty Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield ; with a Review of the by James Gillespie Blaine (1884)
"demoralizing EFFECT OF THE MESSAGE IN THE NORTH AND in THE SOUTH.—GENERAL CASS
RESIGNS FROM STATE DEPARTMENT.—JUDGE BLACE SUCCEEDS HIM. ..."
4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"It ie demoralizing in the extreme, and is apt to make open enemies where they
would not otherwise exist US GRANT, Brigadier-General. ..."
5. History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America by Henry Wilson (1877)
"demoralizing influence of slavery. — The process, — Three classes. — Conditions
of Rebel success. — Co-operation, combination, preparation. — Central cabal. ..."
6. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1900)
"General McDougall Presents a Discouraging and demoralizing Condition of Affairs
to Governor Clinton. Fish Kill Dec'r 15th 1778. ..."
7. History of the Life and Times of James Madison by William Cabell Rives (1868)
"... and finally defeated — Debate on the Operation and Practical Results of the
Funding and Banking Systems of the Secretary — Their demoralizing Effects ..."
8. America, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive by James Silk Buckingham (1841)
"demoralizing Effect of Slavery on Social Life. AMONG the individuals whose private
friendship we had the good fortune to cultivate and enjoy while we were ..."
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