The Collaborative International Dictionary
demoralized \demoralized\ adj. made less hopeful or enthusiastic; rendered pessimistic; as, the demoralized Iraqi ground troops put up little resistance.
Syn: discouraged, disheartened.
Wiktionary
vb. (past participle of demoralize English)
WordNet
adj. 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: demoralised, discouraged, disheartened]
Usage examples of "demoralized".
Even beyond that, though, the ferocity of the charge demoralized the Malloreans.
The Malloreans were trapped, the Thulls had run away, and the Murgos and Nadraks were demoralized and largely out of action.
I'd have thought that what happened at Vo Mimbre would have completely demoralized the Grolims.
Full upon the confused and demoralized Malloreans they fell, and the sound of the impact as they struck was a terrible, rending crash, punctuated by screams.
The Murgos are demoralized right now, but they'll probably stiffen up again as soon as the shock wears off.
From their vantage points above the now demoralized Malloreans, they sent great sheets of arrows arching up into the morning sky to rain down upon their enemies.
He assumed it would be typical of the whining McClellan to complain that Stanton had kept vital messages from the President or had otherwise undercut or demoralized generals in the field.
His army will be on the attack, morale highwhile this army will be demoralized and in retreat.
His army is in a very demoralized and chaotic condition, and will not be prepared for offensive operationsor he will not think it sofor three or four weeks.
His army had been demoralized, if not destroyed, and on September 2 he wrote to Congress, “Our situation is truly distressing.
By summer’s end, they had been ready to descend on the sick and demoralized American rear guard at Crown Point, about seven miles north of Ticonderoga.
And Gates allowed one of his prisoners to escape so that Burgoyne’s demoralized forces might know why.
Again, instead of pursuing Washington’s demoralized little band into New Jersey, he had followed it slowly a short way, then stopped and given it time to recruit and reorganize.
The first act of the intifadah came from a nameless Iraqi soldier who fired a long burst from his AK-47 at a mural of Saddam in Sa'd Square in al-Basrah, sparking the huge number of demoralized soldiers collected in the square to rebel against the dictator.
Iraq's army was demoralized and desperate, while Iran was building up for a massive invasion of Iraq intended to topple Saddam from power.