Discourage and Minimize

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Discourage

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

Minimize

Minimize verb - To express scornfully one's low opinion of.
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Discourage and minimize are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Minimize".
Nearby Words: minimise, minimum, minimal, minimization, minimizing

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use discourage use minimize use
killing discourage killing minimize killing
feelings discourage feelings minimize feelings

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  • Blood Sport BattleTech's Clans are the latter version of this trope - rules of warfare and codes of honour shared among the clans are carefully designed to minimize interplanetary collateral damage, discourage brawling, and avoid hard feelings - at least the dirty personal conflicts-kind.
    Source: Blood Sport
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Minimize and Discourage. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/discourage/minimize
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