Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of demoralise
In the Seventies the system was run-down and demoralised. Road transport was the future, the Underground was being 'managed for decline', and the system was filthier than the streets above.
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page xiii, Preface
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivemade less hopeful or enthusiastic
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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APA
demoralised. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demoralised
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“demoralised.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demoralised. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “demoralised,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demoralised.
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