Encourage and Terrorise

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

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Terrorise is an antonym for encourage.

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Terrorise verb - Coerce by violence or with threats.

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Encourage is an antonym for terrorise.

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Terrorise and Encourage. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/encourage/terrorise

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