What are some opposite words for inspire?
Antonyms for inspire
ɪnˈspaɪərin·spire
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inspireverb
To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
Antonyms:
expire
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inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exaltverb
heighten or intensify
"These paintings exalt the imagination"
Synonyms:
revivify, tickle pink, animate, quicken, glorify, laud, extol, enliven, beatify, cheer, vivify, animize, urge on, instigate, root on, liven up, renovate, invigorate, exhilarate, urge, exalt, proclaim, thrill, prompt, revolutionize, recreate, reinvigorate, animise, barrack, repair, exhort, inhale, reanimate, pep up, breathe in, liven, revolutionise, revive, inebriateinspireverb
supply the inspiration for
"The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work"
Synonyms:
enliven, invigorate, urge on, breathe in, root on, instigate, inhale, prompt, urge, exhort, barrack, exalt, revolutionize, pep up, revolutionise, animate, cheerprompt, inspire, instigateverb
serve as the inciting cause of
"She prompted me to call my relatives"
Synonyms:
enliven, actuate, cue, invigorate, instigate, inhale, prompt, urge, move, exhort, propel, motivate, barrack, remind, exalt, stir up, breathe in, revolutionise, revolutionize, pep up, urge on, animate, incite, root on, set off, cheercheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep upverb
spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
"The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
Synonyms:
jeer, juice up, animate, pep up, press, scoff, root on, enliven, cheer, urge on, instigate, flout, advocate, invigorate, urge, exalt, ginger up, exhort, hearten, jolly along, prompt, revolutionize, jazz up, recreate, cheer up, barrack, recommend, inhale, chirk up, embolden, breathe in, revolutionise, jolly up, giberevolutionize, revolutionise, inspireverb
fill with revolutionary ideas
Synonyms:
enliven, cheer, invigorate, urge on, breathe in, root on, instigate, inhale, prompt, overturn, exhort, barrack, exalt, revolutionize, pep up, revolutionise, animate, urgeinhale, inspire, breathe inverb
draw in (air)
"Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"
Synonyms:
enliven, invigorate, urge on, root on, instigate, inhale, prompt, urge, exhort, barrack, animate, exalt, revolutionize, pep up, revolutionise, breathe in, cheer
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
inspire
Synonyms:
Inhale
How to use inspire in a sentence?
Given that his own mission under the Obama Foundation is to inspire and empower people to change the world, his attendance at this event at our ancestral home, where our father was laid to rest, is of great significance to me.
With all this talk I sincerely give the credit to my officers and enlisted men. They are the ones who did it all. Mine is only to inspire and to lead them. When history is written I will give them all the credit. Their satisfaction is mine to share.
In an era where the radicals on the right inspire revulsion and anxiety and the most vicious kind of cheers, having a Democratic leader who gives you the sense that things are going to be OK is exactly what the doctor ordered.
I love the game of basketball. I love being a part of the NBA and being able to, to inspire... so many different sets of generations, along that way, when you're able to accomplish things individually then, at some point I guess have an opportunity to kind of sit back and think about it.
I know that the IAAF's regulations have always targeted me specifically. For a decade The IAAF has tried to slow me down, but this has actually made me stronger, the decision of the CAS will not hold me back. I will once again rise above and continue to inspire young women and athletes in South Africa and around the world.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#12414 | inspire | |
#12853 | expire | |
#18159 | deter | |
#20138 | discourage | |
#47884 | depress |
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