Antonyms for motivating

Grammar : Verb

Spell : moh-tuh-veyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmoʊ təˌveɪt

Definition of motivating

Origin : 1863, "to stimulate toward action," from motive + -ate (2); perhaps modeled on French motiver or German motivieren. Related: Motivated; motivating.

verb stimulate, instigate

Example sentences :

Such a task may, therefore, be referred to as the motivating task.
Extract from : « Sound Military Decision » by U.s. Naval War College

What have been the motivating forces of each of these schools?
Extract from : « Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning » by Willard Huntington Wright

That value is greatest which counts for most in motivating activity.
Extract from : « Social Value » by B. M. Anderson

Each of these young lords was to play the part of motivating force to the actions of the other.
Extract from : « All Men are Ghosts » by L. P. Jacks

We today, looking back upon his efforts, can judge his motivating influences with some degree of surety.
Extract from : « Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning » by Willard Huntington Wright

The first of the motivating conditions to seek for our classroom is a prevailing attitude of happiness, good cheer, enjoyment.
Extract from : « How to Teach Religion » by George Herbert Betts

But in these earliest days, tobacco and ships to transport it were the motivating forces of the town.
Extract from : « Seaport in Virginia » by Gay Montague Moore

But the novelist, in motivating action, may be more considerate and intellectual, since his appeal is made to the individual mind.
Extract from : « Materials and Methods of Fiction » by Clayton Hamilton

"Demand" is a term which carries the connotation of motivating power in economic theory.
Extract from : « The Value of Money » by Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.

We do not find the motivating power of existing values in the ashes of burnt out desire!
Extract from : « The Value of Money » by Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.

Synonyms for motivating

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