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Building A Fire Under Antonyms

Trying to find opposite word for building a fire under in English? No problem. Our site contains antonyms of building a fire under in 16 different contexts. We have listed all the opposite words for building a fire under alphabetically.

block
  • bar
  • brick
  • cake
  • chunk
  • cube
  • hunk
  • ingot
  • loaf
  • lump
  • oblong
  • piece
  • section
  • segment
  • slab
  • slice
  • solid
  • square
bore
  • bother
  • bromide
  • bummer
  • creep
  • deadhead
  • downer
  • drag
  • drip
  • dull person
  • flat tire
  • headache
  • nag
  • nudge
  • pain
  • pain in the neck
  • pest
  • pill
  • soporific
  • stuffed shirt
  • tedious person
  • tiresome person
  • wet blanket
calm
  • at a standstill
  • at peace
  • bland
  • breathless
  • breezeless
  • bucolic
  • cool
  • halcyon
  • harmonious
  • hushed
  • in order
  • inactive
  • low-key
  • mild
  • motionless
  • pacific
  • pastoral
  • placid
  • quiescent
  • reposeful
  • reposing
  • restful
dampen
  • bedew
  • besprinkle
  • dabble
  • humidify
  • moisten
  • rinse
  • spray
  • sprinkle
  • water
  • wet
delay
  • adjournment
  • bind
  • check
  • cooling-off period
  • cunctation
  • dawdling
  • demurral
  • detention
  • discontinuation
  • downtime
  • filibuster
  • hangup
  • hindrance
  • hold-up
  • holding
  • holding pattern
  • impediment
  • interval
  • jam
  • lag
  • lingering
  • logjam
depress
  • abase
  • afflict
  • ail
  • bear down
  • beat
  • beat down
  • bother
  • bug
  • bum out
  • cast down
  • chill
  • cow
  • damp
  • dampen
  • darken
  • daunt
  • debase
  • debilitate
  • degrade
  • desolate
  • devitalize
  • discourage
deter
  • act like a wet blanket
  • avert
  • block
  • caution
  • chill
  • cool
  • damp
  • dampen
  • daunt
  • debar
  • disadvise
  • discourage
  • dissuade
  • divert
  • forestall
  • forfend
  • frighten
  • hinder
  • impede
  • intimidate
  • obstruct
  • obviate
discourage
  • abash
  • afflict
  • alarm
  • appall
  • awe
  • beat down
  • bother
  • break one's heart
  • bully
  • cast down
  • chill
  • confuse
  • cow
  • dampen
  • dash
  • daunt
  • deject
  • demoralize
  • deprecate
  • depress
  • dismay
  • disparage
dishearten
  • cast down
  • chill
  • crush
  • damp
  • dampen
  • dash
  • daunt
  • deject
  • demoralize
  • deter
  • discourage
  • disincline
  • dismay
  • disparage
  • dispirit
  • get down
  • humble
  • humiliate
  • indispose
  • put a damper on
  • put down
  • shake
dissuade
  • advise against
  • caution against
  • chicken out
  • counsel
  • cry out against
  • deprecate
  • derail
  • deter
  • disadvise
  • discourage
  • disincline
  • divert
  • exhort
  • expostulate
  • faze
  • hinder
  • lean on
  • persuade not to
  • prevent
  • prick
  • put off
  • remonstrate
dull
  • addled
  • backward
  • besotted
  • boring
  • brainless
  • daffy
  • daft
  • dense
  • dim
  • dim-witted
  • doltish
  • dumb
  • feeble-minded
  • half-baked
  • ignorant
  • imbecilic
  • indolent
  • insensate
  • low
  • moronic
  • not bright
  • numskulled
halt
  • arrest
  • break
  • break-off
  • close
  • cutoff
  • freeze
  • grinding halt
  • impasse
  • interruption
  • layoff
  • letup
  • pause
  • screaming halt
  • screeching halt
  • stand
  • standstill
  • stop
  • termination
neglect
  • carelessness
  • coolness
  • delinquency
  • disdain
  • disregardance
  • disrespect
  • heedlessness
  • inadvertence
  • inattention
  • inconsideration
  • indifference
  • laxity
  • laxness
  • oversight
  • scorn
  • slight
  • thoughtlessness
  • unconcern
release
  • absolution
  • acquittal
  • acquittance
  • charge
  • clemency
  • commute
  • deliverance
  • discharge
  • emancipation
  • exemption
  • exoneration
  • floater
  • freedom
  • freeing
  • let-off
  • liberation
  • liberty
  • lifeboat
  • lifesaver
  • manumission
  • relief
  • spring
stop
  • bar
  • barricade
  • blank wall
  • block
  • blockade
  • break
  • break off
  • brick wall
  • cease
  • cessation
  • check
  • close
  • closing
  • conclusion
  • control
  • cutoff
  • desistance
  • discontinuation
  • ending
  • fence
  • finish
  • freeze
tire
  • annoy
  • bore
  • burn out
  • bush
  • collapse
  • crawl
  • debilitate
  • deject
  • depress
  • disgust
  • dishearten
  • dispirit
  • displease
  • distress
  • drain
  • droop
  • drop
  • enervate
  • ennui
  • exasperate
  • fag
  • fail

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