morale

Preposition: of

• troop: Elephants are a great unit against infantry and lower the morale of enemy troops.
• soldier: According to the German Official History the success of the gas had an great effect on the morale of the German soldiers.

Converse of object

• sap: It may be just in bits and pieces, a squeeze of the railroad which will sap morale and destroy its potential.
• boost: The Romans believed it was good to boost the morale of their troops by leading from the front.
• undermine: Ending the national claim fragmented the unity and undermined the morale of the nursery nurses to a limited extent.
• bolster: Hotspur expects to bolster morale with a comic reminder of Hal's deficiencies.
• lower: ON THE RECORD: " I'm just going down to Lime Grove to lower morale.
• erode: The relatively poor pay for academics and lack of tenured positions further erodes staff morale.

Adjective modifier

• improved: They also knew that mail from home improved morale.
• low: We have seen evidence of low staff morale in the leaked survey.
• civilian: The media does have an effect on civilian morale.
• poor: Poor morale in a team can build on the problem.
• enhanced: And employers report enhanced staff morale and team development when they are seen to be good employers of people with disabilities.

Modifies a noun

• booster: All in all, a good morale booster for the Society.
• boost: Knowing people are there; knowing people care; it gives a prisoner a real morale boost.

Noun used with modifier

• staff: CHI found high staff morale in some mental health trusts with many examples of good practice.
• employe: The competitors were having a field day and employe morale was low and getting lower.
• boost: With the new academic year the new first years gave the usual boost to. morale.
• troop: It would certainly explain the low levels of troop morale which have been reported on many occasions.
• workforce: It can be an acceptable alternative to redundancy for employees and trade unions and thus have a less detrimental effect on workforce morale.