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demoralising   (TTS Sound)

The verb demoralise has 2 senses

• corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect -- (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")


• depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise -- (lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her")

The adj demoralising has 1 sense

• demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting -- (destructive of morale and self-reliance)