Bother and Encourage

Opposite meaning words

Bother verb - To thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation.

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Encourage is an antonym for bother in harass topic.

Encourage verb - To fill with courage or strength of purpose.

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Bother is an antonym for encourage.

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

person	bother person	encourage person
people	bother people	encourage people
children	bother children	encourage children
someone	bother someone	encourage someone
Other words: audience, characters, anyone, citizens, trading, humans, kids, friends, readers.

And every single review is made to encourage people not to bother reading it at all.

Source: Dis Continuity / Comic Books
It turns out General Smits was subtly trying to encourage Sheridan to Bother By the Book: the Political Office was outside the military chain of command, so their orders were illegal and could not be implemented.

Source: Rewind, Replay, Repeat

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