DEMORALISING

demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting

(adjective) destructive of morale and self-reliance

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

demoralising

present participle of demoralise

Adjective

demoralising (comparative more demoralising, superlative most demoralising)

(British spelling) disheartening

Synonyms

• See also disheartening

Source: Wiktionary



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ALEWIFE

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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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