demotivate
Drain someone's drive
To demotivate is to diminish someone's enthusiasm or drive.
A demotivating experience saps your will to continue: The constant criticism demotivated the entire team.
The opposite of motivate, though less common than its counterpart discourage.
Cause to lose hope
- dispiritCause to lose hope
- demoralizeDestroy confidence or resolve
- deflateRelease air from
- dissuadeConvince not to
deter · dampen · undermine · deject · crush · unnerve · daunt · dismay
Absence of feeling
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- indifferenceLack of interest
- listlessnessAbsence of energy, enthusiasm
- ennuiWeary, listless dissatisfaction
torpor · passivity · disengagement · resignation · defeatism · hopelessness · despondency · demoralization
Judgment of faults
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- micromanagementExcessive supervisory control
- failureLack of success
- setbackReverse in progress
frustration · monotony · unfairness · overwork · neglect · bureaucracy · futility · ingratitude
dishearten
Cause to lose hope
- dispiritCause to lose hope
- demoralizeDestroy confidence or resolve
- deflateRelease air from
dissuade · deter · dampen · undermine · deject · crush · unnerve · daunt · dismay · sap
apathy
Absence of feeling
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- indifferenceLack of interest
- listlessnessAbsence of energy, enthusiasm
ennui · torpor · passivity · disengagement · resignation · defeatism · hopelessness · despondency · demoralization · burnout
criticism
Judgment of faults
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- micromanagementExcessive supervisory control
- failureLack of success
setback · frustration · monotony · unfairness · overwork · neglect · bureaucracy · futility · ingratitude · toxicity