All quicken antonyms

verb quicken

• slow down — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
• decelerate — When a vehicle or machine decelerates or when someone in a vehicle decelerates, the speed of the vehicle or machine is reduced.
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
• slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
• bore — If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting.
• calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
• deaden — If something deadens a feeling or a sound, it makes it less strong or loud.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• 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.
• depress — If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
• deter — To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
• diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
• disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
• lull — to put to sleep or rest by soothing means: to lull a child by singing.
• prohibit — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
• quiet — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
• repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• rest — a support for a lance; lance rest.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
• dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
• retard — to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
• weaken — to make weak or weaker.