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What is another word for
discourages
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▲
To diminish the confidence or courage of
To persuade (someone) against an action
To (attempt to) prevent something from happening
To prevent, avoid, or keep (something undesirable) at bay
To hold or have a negative opinion of
To give force or effect toward
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Verb
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To diminish the confidence or courage of
disheartens
dispirits
dismays
depresses
daunts
demoralises
UK
demoralizes
US
dejects
distresses
unnerves
cows
crushes
chills
alarms
abashes
dashes
unmans
troubles
scares
bothers
frustrates
afflicts
vexes
awes
confuses
disappoints
tries
appals
UK
appalls
US
overawes
irks
droops
prostrates
represses
casts down
makes despondent
weighs heavily on
makes downhearted
psychs out
beats down
dampens the spirits of
breaks one's heart
puts a damper on
causes to lose heart
takes the wind out of your sails
saddens
upsets
deters
disconcerts
shakes
perturbs
oppresses
dampens
weighs down
fazes
disturbs
bums out
burdens
throws
chagrins
desolates
rattles
frightens
disquiets
worries
intimidates
gets down
subdues
agitates
throws cold water on
puts off
pours cold water on
mortifies
saps
unsettles
knocks sideways
discomfits
enervates
brings down
discomposes
ails
knocks for six
terrifies
flusters
terrorizes
US
damps
grieves
knocks the stuffing out of
aggrieves
confounds
nonplusses
terrorises
UK
makes unhappy
makes sad
panics
makes gloomy
gives someone the blues
startles
horrifies
bugs
discountenances
humbles
spooks
unhinges
discomforts
annoys
gets to
weakens
irritates
undermines
overwhelms
shocks
concerns
perplexes
devitalizes
scares off
disparages
embarrasses
disillusions
alarums
petrifies
scares away
affrights
exasperates
disenchants
torments
takes aback
browbeats
shakes up
embitters
debilitates
deflates
throws off balance
brings low
mystifies
harrows
puzzles
angers
makes someone fed up
hangs over
brings tears to your eyes
sours
dashes hopes
dampens spirits
bewilders
enfeebles
disempowers
emasculates
undoes
frazzles
humiliates
makes dejected
disinclines
bullies
psychs
aggravates
dissatisfies
baffles
clouds
flummoxes
abases
paralyses
UK
dumbfounds
shatters
paralyzes
US
squashes
disgruntles
ruffles
wearies
flattens
disobliges
frights
narks
puts down
muddles
harasses
reduces to tears
haunts
hacks off
dulls
chastens
puts someone off their stroke
makes desolate
hurts
puts the wind up
lets down
scarifies
pains
repels
casts a gloom upon
stiffs
turns off
warns off
causes suffering to
scares to death
strikes terror into
makes miserable
drags down
makes blue
drives away
curdlea the blood
makes teeth chatter
makes one's blood run cold
breaks someone's heart
frightens away
puts into a funk
chills to the bone
makes one's hair stand on end
chases off
dispraises
consternates
discombobulates
thwarts
casts a shadow
subjugates
suppresses
breaks
lowers
unstrings
lies
makes anxious
makes uneasy
underwhelms
bulldozes
lies heavy on
preys on
destabilizes
US
unbalances
jolts
astounds
puts into a flap
castrates
gelds
defeats
overcomes
throws into a tizz
scares the daylights out of
devastates
buffaloes
blinds
destabilises
UK
takes the wind out
impresses
causes someone to lose their composure
infuriates
sets back
dashes the hopes of
presses
deplores
downs
bears down on
damps down
lobotomizes
shatters the illusions of
snarls
jumbles
disorders
disarranges
unzips
cripples
disorganizes
unglues
knocks the wind out of
desiccates
blinds someone with something
harshes one's mellow
dehydrates
floors
takes your breath away
takes the heart out of
maddens
drains
casts a pall over
deadens
takes apart
blows up
sends up
blows out
tortures
pulls the rug out from under
pulls the rug from under
makes dispirited
makes crestfallen
indisposes
drags
darkens
beats
takes steam out
demotivates
casts a gloom on
dissuades
runs down
dumps
shames
miffs
wounds
agonizes
US
stings
blankets
pesters
gnaws at
discommodes
plagues
stresses
makes wretched
frets
displeases
burns up
cuts to the quick
agonises
UK
galls
racks
strains
breaks the heart of
riles
causes anguish to
keeps under
drives crazy
makes discontented
drives mad
harshes someone's mellow
envenoms
winds up
bears down
stamps out
quashes
snubs
destroys
belittles
debunks
poisons
alienates
antagonizes
US
gives someone the hump
takes down
knocks down
cuts down to size
lets down easy
shoots down
lets wind out of sails
punctures balloon
takes down a peg or two
fills with fear
disaffects
scares witless
scares stiff
scares the pants off
chills to the marrow
scares the bejesus out of
gives someone the heebie-jeebies
gets the wind up
scares the living daylights out of
puts the fear of God into
gives one the creeps
throws into a blue funk
gives someone goose pimples
scares someone out of their wits
freezes your blood
makes someone jump out of their skin
makes one's flesh creep
throws into a fright
scares someone half to death
makes resentful
empoisons
jaundices
makes bitter
rankles
exacerbates
worsens
acerbates
makes rancorous
venoms
antagonises
UK
estranges
acidulates
flurries
distracts
fusses
distempers
exercises
hagrides
derails
surprises
pothers
freaks out
weirds out
gives a turn
fouls up
screws up
fills with consternation
messes up
throws into a tizzy
offends
provokes
stuns
sickens
outrages
hassles
scandalizes
US
astonishes
stirs up
staggers
stupefies
dazes
disgusts
scandalises
UK
revolts
nauseates
peeves
flabbergasts
works up
needles
amazes
chafes
jars
sets someone back on their heels
makes someone scratch their head
stops someone in their tracks
bowls over
nettles
moves
besets
bedevils
gravels
disorients
harries
traumatizes
US
rocks
picks on
makes waves
dumfounds
ticks off
traumatises
UK
catches off balance
thunderstrikes
takes by surprise
electrifies
gives a hard time
hurts somebody's feelings
causes to be at a stand
blows away
leaves aghast
leaves open-mouthed
strikes dumb
throws a curve
excites
bustles
rouses
hectors
crazes
bemuses
badgers
deranges
makes someone's hair stand on end
piques
curses
addles
befuddles
eggs on
affects
insults
gives someone grief
makes a scene
turns on
gets at
despairs
puts out
stumps
injures
tantalises
UK
tantalizes
US
disses
beleaguers
makes fretful
causes anxiety to
nags
pushes buttons
frightens to death
persecutes
throws off
puts out of countenance
gets
benumbs
puts someone off their stride
distresses greatly
knocks for a loop
grosses out
sends into a cold sweat
makes someone shake in their shoes
throws into a panic
frightens the life out of
frightens someone out of their wits
scares the hell out of
scares the life out of
frightens the living daylights out of
gives offence to
knocks out
blows your mind
boggles the mind
hurries
flutters
hustles
quickens
makes uncomfortable
preoccupies
dements
taxes
incommodes
frenzies
causes disquiet to
tangles
occupies
besieges
unquiets
causes anxiety
teases
bamboozles
freezes
importunes
tests
makes restless
boggles
numbs
fears
sweats
stews
tears
duns
goads
inconveniences
hinders
paralyses with fear
flaps
inflames
messes with one's head
fuddles
knocks props out
fidgets
hounds
anguishes
balks
US
hits like ton of bricks
completely surprises
shakes out of your complacency
raises someone's eyebrows
baulks
UK
occupies thoughts
preys on your mind
unhitches
uncouples
detaches
separates
disconnects
unfastens
disengages
causes wonder
renders speechless
springs on
strikes with awe
dazzles
foxes
frightens out of your wits
fills with terror
scares the pants off of
strikes fear into
incites
arouses
straps
pushes
pricks
dogs
nit-picks
martyrs
sweats out
takes pains
stimulates
befogs
flips
turns
incapacitates
cramps
inflicts trauma
dumps on
does in
ferments
affronts
mazes
labours over
fires up
flips out
muddies
gets worked up
gets in a stew
poses
gets across
lays up
gets someone
keys up
fogs
obfuscates
eats at
cuts up
rocks the boat
wilders
blackjacks
drives insane
upsets the applecart
slights
dragoons
arouses anxiety in
weighs on
makes afraid
makes fearful
makes jump
makes nervous
gives someone a fright
sends over the edge
makes it tough for
does a number on
bugs up
makes flip
bullyrags
mixes up
sets someone thinking
bogarts
gets on your wick
railroads
disrespects
spites
tyrannizes
US
bludgeons
zings
slurs
tyrannises
UK
rankles with
gets your goat
puts someone's nose out of joint
gives offence
treads on someone's toes
rubs up the wrong way
puts your back up
causes offense
strong-arms
mau-maus
leans on
surprizes
pushes around
strikes
touches
turns on the heat
puts one away
more ❯
“As fewer people rode the Sunset Limited, the train's financial losses began to
discourage
the executives of the Southern Pacific Railroad.”
Verb
▲
To persuade (someone) against an action
deters
dissuades
disinclines
disadvises
dehorts
discountenances
disfavors
US
disfavours
UK
puts off
scares off
warns off
advises against
talks out of
turns aside
urges against
cautions against
prevents
inhibits
persuades not to
urges not to
persuades against
warns against
advises not to
argues out of
frightens off
hinders
keeps from
sways
puts a damper on
pours cold water on
acts like a wet blanket
throws cold water on
changes somebody's mind
turns against
stops
diverts
sidetracks
deprecates
counsels
derails
remonstrates against
cries out against
leans on
turns off
expostulates against
throws off
more ❯
“His father tried at first to
discourage
him from this occupation and to warn him that nothing was to be made of it.”
Verb
▲
To (attempt to) prevent something from happening
stops
prevents
curbs
restrains
hinders
obstructs
impedes
inhibits
suppresses
checks
represses
controls
withholds
averts
diverts
indisposes
opposes
quiets
shakes
holds back
interferes with
keeps back
fends off
puts off
staves off
wards off
holds off
puts a stop to
throws cold water on
turns off
pours cold water on
puts a damper on
bars
delays
thwarts
stems
retards
foils
limits
frustrates
pauses
reins
hampers
stifles
neutralizes
US
bridles
smothers
interrupts
contains
squelches
muffles
cuts short
terminates
reduces
blocks
swallows
constrains
fights back
bottlenecks
moderates
staunches
counteracts
holds
governs
reins in
keeps in check
brakes
pulls in
bottles up
neutralises
UK
nips in the bud
repulses
holds down
chokes
keeps under control
slows down
circumvents
checkmates
plays for time
rebuffs
bites back
brings to a standstill
tames
stands in the way of
keeps a lid on
puts a spoke in someone's wheel
stems the flow of
chokes back
regulates
slackens pace
holds in
puts a brake on
more ❯
“Governor Hutchinson, upon information given him, thought it prudent to
discourage
any further inquiry.”
Verb
▲
To prevent, avoid, or keep (something undesirable) at bay
fends off
repels
repulses
rebuts
resists
deflects
parries
averts
deters
avoids
holds off
staves off
wards off
keeps off
keeps at bay
fights off
beats off
drives back
keeps away
turns aside
keeps at arm's length
holds at bay
keeps at a distance
protects against
defends against
turns away
turns back
blocks
rebuffs
fences
prevents
sends packing
drives away
holds back
guards
screens
stops
defends
bulwarks
keeps
wards
forfends
checks
fends
puts to flight
beats back
guards against
protects
shields
safeguards
secures
covers
counters
foils
opposes
frustrates
safeguards against
brushes off
fights back
defends oneself against
sees off
forces back
chases away
thrusts back
shields against
draws away
sets back
forces away
nixes
sends away
intercepts
obstructs
stalls
puts up a fight
defends yourself
retaliates
shelters
knocks down
stands off
drives off
forces off
preserves
saves
harbors
US
conserves
harbours
UK
heads off
stands up for
shuns
shirks
bypasses
eludes
forestalls
anticipates
rebukes
precludes
repels danger
barricades
cares for
watches over
withstands
keeps from harm
garrisons
insures
takes in
provides sanctuary
holds
houses
upholds
watches
keeps safe
gives sanctuary
hedges
looks after
fortifies
more ❯
Verb
▲
To hold or have a negative opinion of
discountenances
disesteems
disfavours
UK
disfavors
US
deprecates
mislikes
reproves
condemns
disapproves
dislikes
opposes
discommends
resists
disapproves of
frowns on
objects to
frowns upon
takes exception to
thinks wrong
finds unacceptable
takes a dim view of
tuts about
tuts over
tut-tuts about
tut-tuts over
holds no brief for
puts down
looks askance at
views with disfavour
views with dislike
has a low opinion of
objects
frowns
shows displeasure
indicates disapproval of
shows disapproval of
hates
loathes
despises
detests
abhors
scorns
abominates
disdains
disrelishes
execrates
shuns
deplores
spurns
finds repellent
recoils from
has no taste for
turns your nose up at
finds distasteful
not appreciates
looks down on
looks down at
finds intolerable
has no taste
holds in disfavour
sneers at
regards with contempt
pooh-poohs
treats with contempt
looks down upon
regards with disgust
looks down one's nose at
holds in disdain
has no stomach for
has no liking for
regards with distaste
has an aversion to
resents
antipathizes
eschews
minds
contemns
regrets
loses interest in
not cares for
has hard feelings
bears malice toward
makes faces at
shudders at
denounces
disparages
censures
criticizes
US
sneers
has no use for
avoids
excoriates
decries
criticises
UK
mislooks
frowns at
relucts
disagrees with
shrinks from
has a down on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To give force or effect toward
militates
counters
foils
hinders
opposes
prejudices
resists
affects
counts
influences
inspires
weighs
works
cancels out
goes against
tends to prevent
works against
acts on
operates against
tells against
has an effect on
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