Discourage and Torment

Discourage

Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.

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

Nearby Words: discouragement, discouraging

Torment

Torment verb - To cause persistent suffering to.

Discourage and torment are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Torment".

Nearby Words: tormented, tormenting, tormentor

Common collocations

girl discourage girl torment girl
people discourage people torment people
boy discourage boy torment boy
someone discourage someone torment someone
Other words: anyone, player, humans, kids, visitors, enemies, students, heroes.
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