All motivate antonyms

verb motivate

• cheque — A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
• deter — To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• retard — to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
• dishearten — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
• calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
• quiet — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
• slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• disconcert — to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• bore — If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting.
• dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
• depress — If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.