· 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"

Synonym(s): corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect

Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify

· lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"

Synonym(s): depress, deject, cast_down, get_down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize

Hypernym(s): discourage

· made less hopeful or enthusiastic; "desperate demoralized people looking for work"; "felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem"; "the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest"

Synonym(s): demoralized, discouraged, disheartened