Abhor and Discourage

Abhor

Abhor verb - To dislike strongly.

Discourage and abhor are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Abhor".

Discourage

Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.

Abhor and discourage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abhor" instead a verb "Discourage".

Nearby Words: discouragement, discouraging

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

people abhor people discourage people
idea abhor idea discourage idea
men abhor men discourage men
use abhor use discourage use
Other words: tactics.
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