demoralized
    adj 1: made less hopeful or enthusiastic; "desperate demoralized
           people looking for work"; "felt discouraged by the
           magnitude of the problem"; "the disheartened instructor
           tried vainly to arouse their interest" [syn:
           demoralized, demoralised, discouraged,
           disheartened]

Demoralize \De*mor"al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demoralized;
   p. pr. & vb. n. Demoralizing.] [F. d['e]moraliser; pref.
   d['e]- (L. dis- or de) + moraliser. See Moralize.]
   To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the
   effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt or
   untrustworthy in morals, in discipline, in courage, spirit,
   etc.; to weaken in spirit or efficiency.
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         The demoralizing example of profligate power and
         prosperous crime.                        --Walsh.
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         The vices of the nobility had demoralized the army.
                                                  --Bancroft.
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demoralized \demoralized\ adj.
   made less hopeful or enthusiastic; rendered pessimistic; as,
   the demoralized Iraqi ground troops put up little resistance.

   Syn: discouraged, disheartened.
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