Discourage and Insult

Discourage

Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.

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

Nearby Words: discouragement, discouraging

Insult

Insult verb - To cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in.

Discourage and insult are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Insult".

Nearby Words: insulting, insulted, insultingly

Common collocations

people discourage people insult people
husband discourage husband insult husband
someone discourage someone insult someone
player discourage player insult player
Other words: humans, women, players, fans, opponents, enemies, students.
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