What are some opposite words for discourage?
Antonyms for discourage
dɪˈskɜr ɪdʒ, -ˈskʌr-dis·cour·age
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deter, discourageverb
try to prevent; show opposition to
"We should discourage this practice among our youth"
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encouragediscourageverb
deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
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encouragewarn, discourage, admonish, monishverb
admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
"I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet"
Antonyms:
encourage
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incentivize
make more difficult; opposite of encourage
taxes discourage people from making more money, especially if they would fall into a higher percentage tax bracket. to incentivize or encourage people to make more money, tax incentives are put in place that divert income into retirement accounts, or into creating a business, or other methods of reducing taxable income.
motivateverb
provide someone with a motive to do something. make someone less eager to do something.
she felt down and discouraged when she heard the truth.
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Submitted by @Muskan on December 28, 2020
How to use discourage in a sentence?
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.
I would discourage the crowd from doing anything inappropriate and I think saying something like that would be inappropriate, i would hope that the president would silence the crowd, tell them: Hey, dont do that, theres no place for that. Its not helpful, its not right.
Because it's a payroll tax, that's a tax you can't avoid, those drive up the cost of hiring people and discourage job creation.
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
This would only serve to stigmatize and discourage AI use, which could reduce its beneficial social and economic impacts.
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