Inspire Antonyms

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

bore

bother
bromide
bummer
creep
deadhead
downer
drag
drip

calm

at a standstill
at peace
bland
breathless
breezeless
bucolic
cool
halcyon

deaden

KO
abate
alleviate
anesthetize
benumb
blunt
check
chloroform

depress

abase
afflict
ail
bear down
beat
beat down
bother
bug

discourage

abash
afflict
alarm
appall
awe
beat down
bother
break one's heart

dishearten

cast down
chill
crush
damp
dampen
dash
daunt
deject

dissuade

advise against
caution against
chicken out
counsel
cry out against
deprecate
derail
deter

dull

addled
backward
besotted
boring
brainless
daffy
daft
dense

enervate

debilitate
devitalize
disable
enfeeble
exhaust
fatigue
incapacitate
jade

halt

arrest
break
break-off
close
cutoff
freeze
grinding halt
impasse

leave alone

abandon
abdicate
abjure
abstain
cede
desist
eschew
forbear

lose

be careless
be impoverished
be reduced
become poorer
bereave
capitulate
consume
default

lull

abeyance
break
breather
breathing spell
calmness
coffee break
comma
downtime

please

amuse
charm
cheer
content
enchant
entertain
fill the bill
gladden

quiet

buttoned up
clammed up
close
close-mouthed
could hear a pin drop
dumb
hushed
hushful

stop

bar
barricade
blank wall
block
blockade
break
break off
brick wall

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