Encourage and Frighten

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Encourage

Encourage verb - To fill with courage or strength of purpose.
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Frighten is an antonym for encourage.
Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Frighten

Frighten verb - To strike with fear.
Usage example: around the campfire the campers tried to frighten one another with ghostly legends and grisly tales
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Encourage is an antonym for frighten in topics: scare, shock.
Nearby Words: frightening, fright, frighting
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Common collocations

person encourage person frighten person
character encourage character frighten character
people encourage people frighten people
men encourage men frighten men
Other words: children, someone, parents, viewer, anyone, opponent, enemy, everyone, humans, kids, friends, students, soldiers, girls.
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