Encourage and Spite

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

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Spite is an antonym for encourage.

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Spite verb - To disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts.

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Encourage is an antonym for spite in annoy topic.

Nearby Words: spiteful, spitefully, spiting

people	encourage people	spite people
men	encourage men	spite men
someone	encourage someone	spite someone
parents	encourage parents	spite parents
Other words: audience, way, characters, player, enemy, everyone, viewers, friends, fans, heroes.

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