Discourage and Tame

Discourage

Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.

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

Nearby Words: discouragement, discouraging

Tame

Tame verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).

Discourage and tame are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Tame".

Nearby Words: tamed, taming, tamer, tamely

Common collocations

enemies discourage enemies tame enemies
animals discourage animals tame animals
predators discourage predators tame predators
turtles discourage turtles tame turtles
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