Discourage and Hold

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Discourage

Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.
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Hold and discourage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Discourage".
Nearby Words: discouragement, discouraging

Hold

Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.
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Discourage and hold are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Hold".
Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

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belief discourage belief hold belief
people discourage people hold people
kind discourage kind hold kind
feelings discourage feelings hold feelings

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  • Visual Novel / Dreamy Days in West Tokyo On his route, she eventually learns that "Rei" is a persona that Reiji Uraga deliberately created to hold others at arm's length and discourage women from throwing themselves at him.
    Source: Visual Novel / Dreamy Days in West Tokyo
  • Beware My Stinger Tail The last bit of many sauropods' tails lack the ossified tendons that hold the rest of the tail rigid and are very slim, which would have let them use their tails like whips to crack at enemies to discourage them.
    Source: Beware My Stinger Tail
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