Encourage and Terrify

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Encourage

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

Terrify

Terrify verb - To strike with fear.
Usage example: the prospect of speaking in front of a huge crowd of people absolutely terrifies me
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Encourage is an antonym for terrify in scare topic.
Nearby Words: terrible, terrifying, terror, terrified
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Common collocations

friend encourage friend terrify friend
people encourage people terrify people
children encourage children terrify children
parents encourage parents terrify parents
Other words: rest, audience, morale, anyone, teens, enemy, everyone, humans, kids.
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