Encourage and Gall

Opposite meaning words

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

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Gall is an antonym for encourage.

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Gall verb - To damage or diminish by continued friction.

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Encourage is an antonym for gall in topics: upset, rub raw.

Nearby Words: galling, galled, Gallic

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Gall and Encourage. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/encourage/gall

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