Motherly. Maternal, motherlike, parental; kind, loving, affectionate.

Ant. Paternal, fatherlike, fatherly; harsh, unloving, unkind, hateful.

Motion. Movement, change, action, act, passage, move, process, transit, transition.

Ant. Quiescence, quiet, rest, repose, stillness, immobility.

Motive. Incentive, incitement, inducement, reason, spur, stimulus, cause; object, purpose; argument, conviction; impulse, prompting.

Ant. Deed, achievement, execution, action, attempt, project; deflector, preventive, dissuasion, deterrent.

Mourn. Lament, grieve, regret, rue, bewail, sorrow.

Ant. Exult, joy, rejoice, be joyful, triumph, make merry.

Mournful. Lugubrious, heavy, sad, sorrowful, grievous, calamitous.

Ant. Joyful, jubilant, gladsome, cheerful, happy, pleasant, joyous.