Encourage
Encourage verb - To rouse to strong feeling or action.
Usage example: the movie's cheap special effects will not encourage audiences to sit on the edge of their seats but to roll in the aisles with laughter
Tease and encourage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tease" instead a verb "Encourage".
Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging
Common collocations
| person | encourage person | tease person |
| friend | encourage friend | tease friend |
| character | encourage character | tease character |
| people | encourage people | tease people |
| Other words: men, children, relationship, audience, way, characters, player, protagonist, viewers, kids, friends, players, fans, readers, students, girls. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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They encourage dating and find it amusing to tease their child relentlessly about any progress or lack thereof in their relationship.
Source: Doting Parent -
He didn't do a lot to encourage them (aside of some random flirting to piss Nube off), since he had quite a goal in mind... Huge Schoolgirl: Subverted with Miki, who loves her large chest and also adores to tease the flat-chested Kyouko about that.
Source: Manga / Hell Teacher Nube -
They're sassy, snarky, pushy, and tease Seymour and Audrey a bit... but they also encourage Audrey to get together with Seymour, tell her she needs to work on her self-image problems, and chew Orin out for his abuse towards Audrey when he comes by looking for her.
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