Discourage and Spurn

Discourage

Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.

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

Nearby Words: discouragement, discouraging

Spurn

Spurn verb - To show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to.

Discourage and spurn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Spurn".

Nearby Words: spur, spurned, spurning

Common collocations

people discourage people spurn people
husband discourage husband spurn husband
enemies discourage enemies spurn enemies
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