Discourage
Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.
Malign and discourage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Malign" instead a verb "Discourage".
Nearby Words: discouragement, discouraging
Malign
Malign verb - To make untrue and harmful statements about.
Discourage and malign are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Malign".
Common collocations
| humans | discourage humans | malign humans |
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