Encourage and Horrify

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Encourage

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

Horrify

Horrify verb - To strike with fear.
Usage example: the news that a convicted sex offender lived in her neighborhood horrified her
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Antonyms for Horrify
Encourage is an antonym for horrify in topics: terrify, scare.
Nearby Words: horrible, horror, horrifying, horrified, horrifyingly
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Common collocations

person encourage person horrify person
character encourage character horrify character
people encourage people horrify people
audience encourage audience horrify audience
Other words: viewer, player, everyone, son, viewers, players, students.
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