demoralize

Other forms of demoralize

past tense

demoralized·

present participle

demoralizing·

third person

demoralizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about demoralize

What does demoralize mean?

demoralize means "corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in demoralize?

demoralize has 4 syllables: de-mo-ra-lize. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /dɪˈmɔɹəˌlaɪz/.

What is another word for demoralize?

Close synonyms include corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralise, debauch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is demoralize a common word?

demoralize is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with demoralize?

83 words rhyme with demoralize. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.