Discourage
Antonyms of DISCOURAGE
- approve, invigorate, stimulate, enliven, exhort, animate, goad, enforce, lift, praise, calm, energize, assist, aid, laud, prompt, permit, reassure, hearten, stir, steel, comfort, allow, fortify, spur on, reinforce, buoy, inspirit, please, assure, strengthen, make happy, prod, let go, advance, galvanize, support, egg, facilitate, nerve, forward, induce, impel, commend, quicken, gladden, cheer, rally, help, provoke, excite, inspire, uplift, boost, encourage, soothe, compliment.
Examples of usage:
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Eve cried in despair, " or you would not discourage us in this way." "Two Poets Lost Illusions Part I" by Honore de Balzac
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" If I can't see any chance of helping, I won't stay on the Committee to discourage you. "Comrade Yetta" by Albert Edwards
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The infant has to fall several times before he can walk; but that does not discourage him, and he succeeds; nor shall we be so easily discouraged. "History of American Socialisms" by John Humphrey Noyes
