VERB | social | demoralise, corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality |
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emotion | demoralise, depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize | lower someone's spirits |
Meaning | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect | |
Narrower | bastardize, bastardise | change something so that its value declines |
infect | Corrupt with ideas or an ideology / ideology | |
lead off, lead astray | teach immoral behavior to | |
poison | spoil as if by poison | |
sensualize, sensualise, carnalize, carnalise | debase through carnal gratification | |
suborn | incite to commit a crime or an evil deed | |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Spanish | corromper, depravar, desmoralizar, desviar, envilecer, pervertir, profanar, solo miembro embrujar, subvertir, viciar | |
Catalan | corrompre, pervertir | |
Nouns | demoralisation | destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy |
Meaning | lower someone's spirits; make downhearted. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize | |
Narrower | chill | depress or discourage |
Broader | discourage | deprive of courage or hope |
Opposite | elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate | Fill with high spirits |
Spanish | abatir, deprimir, desalentar, desanimar, desmoralizar, espantar | |
Catalan | abatre, deprimir, desanimar, descoratjar, desmoralitzar | |
Nouns | demoralisation | depression resulting from an undermining of your morale |
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