Definition of demoralizing

"demoralizing" in the verb sense

1. 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"

2. 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"

3. demoralize

confuse or put into disorder

"the boss's behavior demoralized everyone in the office"

"demoralizing" in the adjective sense

1. demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting

destructive of morale and self-reliance

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Quotations for demoralizing

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive. [ Oscar Wilde, Lady Windemere's Fan ]

Self-sacrifice is a thing that should be put down by law. It is so demoralizing to the people for whom one sacrifices oneself. [ Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband ]

demoralizing in Scrabble®

The word demoralizing is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 25

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters demoralizing:

DEMORALIZING
(333)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (94 words)

adonize, adoring, agonize, aileron, airline, aligned, aligner, almoner, amidone, aneroid, angioid, anilide, anodize, azimide, dangler, darling, dealign, dealing, deliria, demoing, denarii, deraign, dialing, diamine, diazine, diazole, dingier, earldom, earmold, eliding, eroding, geminal, geoidal, glazier, gloamed, gloried, gmelina, gnarled, godlier, grained, gremlin, groaned, groined, idolize, ignored, imagine, iodizer, ionized, ionizer, ironage, lairing, lamnoid, larding, leading, learing, lionize, loading, loamier, mailing, mandrel, mandril, mangier, mangled, mangler, manlier, melding, mendigo, midline, mineral, mingled, mingler, moldier, molding, mongrel, monilia, moraine, negroid, ordinal, origami, raiding, railing, reading, realign, reaming, redoing, roadmen, roaming, roiling, romaine, zeroing, zingare, zingari, zingaro, zingier

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word demoralizing

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In demoralizing

DEMORALIZING
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demoralizing in Words With Friends™

The word demoralizing is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 29

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters demoralizing:

DEMORALIZING
(477)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (94 words)

adonize, adoring, agonize, aileron, airline, aligned, aligner, almoner, amidone, aneroid, angioid, anilide, anodize, azimide, dangler, darling, dealign, dealing, deliria, demoing, denarii, deraign, dialing, diamine, diazine, diazole, dingier, earldom, earmold, eliding, eroding, geminal, geoidal, glazier, gloamed, gloried, gmelina, gnarled, godlier, grained, gremlin, groaned, groined, idolize, ignored, imagine, iodizer, ionized, ionizer, ironage, lairing, lamnoid, larding, leading, learing, lionize, loading, loamier, mailing, mandrel, mandril, mangier, mangled, mangler, manlier, melding, mendigo, midline, mineral, mingled, mingler, moldier, molding, mongrel, monilia, moraine, negroid, ordinal, origami, raiding, railing, reading, realign, reaming, redoing, roadmen, roaming, roiling, romaine, zeroing, zingare, zingari, zingaro, zingier

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word demoralizing

DEMORALIZING
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In demoralizing

DEMORALIZING
(477)
DEMORALIZING
(318)
DEMORALIZING
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DEMORALIZING
(297)
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AZIMIDE
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DIAZINE
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Words within the letters of demoralizing

2 letter words in demoralizing (22 words)

12 letter words in demoralizing (1 word)

demoralizing + 1 blank (4 words)

demoralizing + 2 blanks (2 words)

Words containing the sequence demoralizing

Words that start with demoralizing (2 words)

Words with demoralizing in them (1 word)

Words that end with demoralizing (1 word)

Word Growth involving demoralizing

Shorter words in demoralizing

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in zing moralizing

Longer words containing demoralizing

demoralizingly