Verb (used with object), : The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry. ,We were so demoralized by that one wrong turn that we were lost for hours.    From Dictionary.com. 

The word "demoralising" suggests they were concerned about the fate of the Jews in Europe.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

The word "demoralising" suggests that they were concerned about the fate of the Jews in Europe.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

He praised students for boycotting the venue in the Commons yesterday and slammed the promotion as "demoralising".    From Wordnik.com.  [Rss news feed for Morning Advertiser] Reference

And now Trevor Cunrow, University and College Union branch secretary, has branded the policy "demoralising" for the university's academics.    From Wordnik.com.  [News round-up] Reference

It’s beyond demoralising which is, I’m sure, the point.    From Wordnik.com.  [Link Farm and Open Thread #7] Reference

This topic is so demoralising, I'm going to stop here.    From Wordnik.com.  [babycartercl Diary Entry] Reference

Economics, my second subject, was even more demoralising.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 1 - Recruitment] Reference

The widespread use of informers has a demoralising effect.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AND RACISM (1)] Reference

I refer here to the issue of never demoralising one's forces.    From Wordnik.com.  [Response of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the debate on The Presidency Budget Vote] Reference

Poor food over which you have no control is very demoralising.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 13 - Stage Two] Reference

But the weary, demoralising, despairing monotony has vanished.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maxim Gorki] Reference

Pakistan -- were bad and demoralising to the country, Minister of.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

By then i was like half-dead, but it was still reallyy demoralising.    From Wordnik.com.  [j-gan Diary Entry] Reference

Union did not recover from the long and demoralising persecution of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ireland and the Home Rule Movement] Reference

The demoralising wrangle within the United Party is further proof of this.    From Wordnik.com.  ["A CHALLENGING SITUATION": PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, NATAL BRANCH, LADYSMITH, OCTOBER 31, 1953(1)] Reference

This is aimed at demoralising such people and cast doubt on their bona fide.    From Wordnik.com.  [TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION APPOINTMENTS] Reference

The result of the injustice was as demoralising as might have been expected.    From Wordnik.com.  [Great Britain and Her Queen] Reference

Such things had a demoralising effect, and treachery was an infectious disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hippodrome] Reference

Caves, cellars, and deep dug-outs had a demoralising influence upon their occupants.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry] Reference

Union where bureaucratic practices held sway, thereby demoralising millions of people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Contents] Reference

Indeed, for a West Coast of Ireland story a demoralising amount of money is going about.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 14th, 1920] Reference

Discussing the defence budget, he suggested was unfair and might be demoralising to the troops.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

But not as demoralising as going over the top equipped with Bacofoil body-armour and a pop-gun.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

"They describe how demoralising it is to be unable to treat HIV and Aids itself," the report says.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

That the company afterwards did well was specially creditable in view of this demoralising prelude.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry] Reference

According to his ideas it was demoralising, and cured no one of complaints, imaginary or otherwise.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hippodrome] Reference

Although such things were demoralising, what motivated me was the fervent resolve to help my father.    From Wordnik.com.  [August 2006] Reference

They watch helplessly as their perpetrators take pride in demoralising them of their human qualities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Contents] Reference

It is a crisis situation, like a major famine, or outbreak of war, demoralising every aspect of society.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Today] Reference

Gordon wrote of pillaging and destroying "in a vandal-like manner"; it was "wretchedly demoralising work".    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Dragon]

African Police Services, is the demoralising, energy-sapping, ineffectual internal disciplinary procedures.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

It's sometimes quite demoralising to hear someone else critisize you, but all this has to come from somewhere.    From Wordnik.com.  [babycartercl Diary Entry] Reference

The truth is that this is a very serious problem we are facing here, and it is embarrassing and demoralising for London.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference

Remember, too, that War must always have its demoralising features, however splendid the cause for which you are fighting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 25, 1919] Reference

Problems must be solved in the area of operations because the return of cadres to the rear has a serious demoralising effect.    From Wordnik.com.  [STUART COMMISSION REPORT] Reference

The thought that you will be unfree for the length of your sentence is terrifying and demoralising, especially if it is a long one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 13 - Stage Two] Reference

The incursions of market ideology into fields far outside business and economics are having destructive and demoralising social effects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Address at the VIIth International Ombudsman Institute Conference] Reference