demoralized


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Synonyms for demoralized

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for demoralized

made less hopeful or enthusiastic

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The employees of FBR feel disheartened and demoralized. It would be in best national interest if such allegations are retracted and FBR is allowed to continue performing its functions and duties in a non-partisan manner.
The former police chief said he does not want the PNP to be demoralized as it would ruin the momentum in its 'bold and dramatic' fight against drugs.
On a question on whether he was demoralized by the scams which have emerged in his second term, the Prime Minister said: "There is no question of being demoralized.
--400 Remaining Insurgents Said Deeply Demoralized; Amnesty Offer Available
The head of the broadcasting workers' union Bectu said that he could not rule out industrial action against the threatened job losses, and added that ITVstaff were the "most demoralized workforce in British television".
These consumers are disappointed and demoralized at seeing this type of advertising by Ford Motor Company, which seemingly supports the gay lifestyle." The dealers are especially upset with the company's "advertisement in The Advocate [a homosexual magazine] that placed a Ford Motor Company ad with Ford Division products on the facing page to an article on Gay polygamy."
First, what remains of Western civilization seems too demoralized, enfeebled, and desiccated to resist the challenges of a resurgent, not to say insurgent and militant, Islam.
When they're sitting in their classrooms, teachers make comments that are rather damaging to their self-esteem because they may refer to gay people as abnormal or "against God's plan." The [gay] student who hears that message becomes demoralized. And then kids make fun of them in the hall.
Last but not least, the Wall Street Journal notes the growing popularity of conga lines, "energy dances" and impromptu in-office "parades" as a strategy to re-energize despondent or demoralized employees.
According to the researchers, women with HIV may experience "multiple chronic stressors" that outweigh any psychological benefit of effective treatments, or they may become demoralized if HAART's effects do not meet their expectations.
Viewers of such images are not always repelled or demoralized by them; they have had many other reactions, including an increased support for war.
In this vicious pecking order, males at the top bully bottom dwellers into a demoralized state of submission.
She tells of knowing Native Americans demoralized by the accumulation of legal, economic, and personal problems.
According to many of the Washington insiders prosecuting the war on terror, we lost America's longest-running and first televised war because the folks at home grew sickened and demoralized by pictures of napalmed villagers and body bags.