démoralisant
French, adjective/de.mɔ.ʁa.li.zɑ̃/
démoralisant is spelled D-É-M-O-R-A-L-I-S-A-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 77,345th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Démoralisant is a French adjective meaning “demoralizing, disheartening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of démoraliser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est propre à démoraliser”.
What does démoralisant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
demoralizing, disheartening
verb
- 1
present participle of démoraliser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est propre à démoraliser.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of démoralisant
- démoralisante feminine
- démoralisants masculine plural
- démoralisantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce démoralisant?
- /de.mɔ.ʁa.li.zɑ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to démoralisant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is démoralisant in French?
démoralisant appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).