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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