Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to demoralize
Participle: demoralized
Gerund: demoralizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | demoralize |
| you | demoralize |
| he;she;it | demoralizes |
| we | demoralize |
| you | demoralize |
| they | demoralize |
Perfect
| I | have demoralized |
| you | have demoralized |
| he;she;it | has demoralized |
| we | have demoralized |
| you | have demoralized |
| they | have demoralized |
Past
| I | demoralized |
| you | demoralized |
| he;she;it | demoralized |
| we | demoralized |
| you | demoralized |
| they | demoralized |
Pluperfect
| I | had demoralized |
| you | had demoralized |
| he;she;it | had demoralized |
| we | had demoralized |
| you | had demoralized |
| they | had demoralized |
Future
| I | will demoralize |
| you | will demoralize |
| he;she;it | will demoralize |
| we | will demoralize |
| you | will demoralize |
| they | will demoralize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have demoralized |
| you | will have demoralized |
| he;she;it | will have demoralized |
| we | will have demoralized |
| you | will have demoralized |
| they | will have demoralized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | demoralize |
| you | demoralize |
| he;she;it | demoralize |
| we | demoralize |
| you | demoralize |
| they | demoralize |
Perfect
| I | have demoralized |
| you | have demoralized |
| he;she;it | have demoralized |
| we | have demoralized |
| you | have demoralized |
| they | have demoralized |
Imperfect
| I | demoralized |
| you | demoralized |
| he;she;it | demoralized |
| we | demoralized |
| you | demoralized |
| they | demoralized |
Pluperfect
| I | had demoralized |
| you | had demoralized |
| he;she;it | had demoralized |
| we | had demoralized |
| you | had demoralized |
| they | had demoralized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would demoralize |
| you | would demoralize |
| he;she;it | would demoralize |
| we | would demoralize |
| you | would demoralize |
| they | would demoralize |
Perfect
| I | would have demoralized |
| you | would have demoralized |
| he;she;it | would have demoralized |
| we | would have demoralized |
| you | would have demoralized |
| they | would have demoralized |
Imperative
| you | demoralize |
| we | Let's demoralize |
| you | demoralize |
Verbs conjugated like 'demoralize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'demoralize'
demoralise,
remoralize,
deformalize,
delocalize,
demobilize,
democratize,
denormalize,
detotalize,
devocalize,
memorialize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- corrupt
- debase, pervert, deprave, sap
- unnerve
- weaken, break, discourage, daunt, enfeeble, dishearten, castrate
Antonyms
- corrupt
- uncorrupt, honest, pure, undefiled
- unnerve
- nerve, inspirit, invigorate, strengthen
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1793, "to corrupt the morals of," from Fr. demoraliser, from de- "remove" + moral (adj.) (see moral). Said to be a coinage of the Fr. Revolution. Sense of "lower the morale of" (especially of armies) is first recorded 1848.
2. From French démoraliser.
Sample Sentences
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[I]f you convert a man brought up in another creed, you inevitably demoralize him. [1915 December (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Androcles and the Lion. Preface on the Prospects of Christianity.”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, page xxix:]
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The election of a man like Mr. Blaine would be such an encouragement to the base and rapacious impulses apt to govern the conduct of politicians, it would so demoralize the public mind and open the floodgates of corruption so wide, that it is no exaggeration to say the success of our free institutions is at stake. [1913, Carl Schurz, Speeches, correspondence and political papers of Carl Schurz, volume IV, To Henry C. Bowen, August 6th, 1884, page 272:]