[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

demoralize \demor"alize\, v. t. imp.  p. p. demoralized;
   p. pr.  vb. n. demoralizing. f. d'emoraliser; 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.
   1913 webster

         the demoralizing example of profligate power and
         prosperous crime.                        --walsh.
   1913 webster

         the vices of the nobility had demoralized the army.
                                                  --bancroft.
   1913 webster
see also:
demoralized demoralizing moralize 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

demoralize
     v 1: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch
          the young people with wine and women"; "socrates was
          accused of corrupting young men"; "do school counselors
          subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" syn: corrupt,
           pervert, subvert, demoralise, debauch, debase,
           profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
     2: lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "these news
        depressed her"; "the bad state of her child's health
        demoralizes her" syn: depress, deject, cast down, get
        down, dismay, dispirit, demoralise ant: elate
     3: confuse or put into disorder; "the boss's behavior
        demoralized everyone in the office"
see also:
corrupt pervert subvert demoralise debauch debase 
profane vitiate deprave misdirect depress 
deject cast down get down dismay dispirit 
elate 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

75 moby thesaurus words for "demoralize":
   agitate, bastardize, bewilder, bludgeon, bluster, bluster out of,
   browbeat, brutalize, bulldoze, bully, chill, confuse, corrupt, cow,
   cripple, crush, damp, dampen, dash, daunt, debase, debauch,
   debilitate, defeat, defile, deject, deprave, depress, devitalize,
   disarrange, discomfit, disconcert, discourage, dishearten,
   disorder, disorganize, disparage, dispirit, disturb, dragoon,
   enervate, fluster, harass, hector, huff, intimidate, jumble,
   knock down, muddle, overcome, perturb, pervert, prostrate,
   psych out, rattle, shake, shake up, snarl, soil, subdue, sully,
   systematically terrorize, terrorize, threaten, unbrace, undermine,
   undo, unman, unnerve, unsettle, unstring, upset, vitiate, warp,
   weaken

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