Discourage and Irritate

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Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.

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

Irritate verb - To disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts.

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Discourage and irritate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Irritate".

husband	discourage husband	irritate husband
former	discourage former	irritate former
player	discourage player	irritate player
players	discourage players	irritate players
Other words: fans, opponents, readers, turtles.

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