Encourage and Frown

Opposite meaning words

Encourage verb - To fill with courage or strength of purpose.

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Frown is an antonym for encourage.

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Frown verb - To look with anger or disapproval.

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Encourage is an antonym for frown in topics: disapprove, scowl.

Nearby Words: frowning, frowned

way

encourage way

frown way

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Frown and Encourage. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/encourage/frown

Encourage & Frown. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/encourage/frown>.

Frown or Encourage. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/encourage/frown.

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