Encourage
Encourage verb - To fill with courage or strength of purpose.
Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging
Worsen
Worsen verb - To become worse or of less value.
Common collocations
| image | encourage image | worsen image |
| relationship | encourage relationship | worsen relationship |
| way | encourage way | worsen way |
| relationships | encourage relationships | worsen relationships |
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Worsen and Encourage. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/encourage/worsen
Encourage & Worsen. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/encourage/worsen>.
Worsen or Encourage. 2016. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/encourage/worsen.
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