morale
nounUK /məˈɹɑːl/ · CA, US /məˈɹæl/
Etymology Borrowed from French morale.
1
The mental and emotional state of a person or group, especially their level of confidence, enthusiasm, and loyalty with regard to a function or task.
- After the layoffs, morale was at an all time low; the staff were so dispirited nothing was getting done.
- Morale is an important quality in soldiers. With good morale they'll charge into a hail of bullets; without it they won't even cross a street.
2 more examples
- A morale-boosting exercise
- Proponents of the race — notably Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Mary Wittenberg, director of the marathon — said the event would provide a needed morale boost, as well as an economic one.2012 November 2, Ken Belson, New York Times, retrieved 02 Nov 2012:
- Derived terms
- morale-booster, morale-boosting, morale patch