Thesaurus
Synonyms and Antonyms of encouraged
- a pep talk that encouraged the team to get out there and win
- asserted that the government should be encouraging small businesses, not smothering them with regulations
banned, barred, enjoined, forbade (also forbad), interdicted, outlawed, prevented, prohibited, proscribed
battled, combated (or combatted), contended (with), countered, fought, opposed
repressed, snuffed (out), squashed, squelched, stifled, subdued, suppressed
arrested, checked, halted, retarded
encumbered, fettered, hobbled, impeded, interfered (with), manacled, obstructed, shackled
- the movie's cheap special effects will not encourage audiences to sit on the edge of their seats but to roll in the aisles with laughter
fanned, ignited, inflamed (also enflamed), kindled, triggered
activated, animated, drove, energized, galvanized, induced, inspired, keyed (up), motivated, motived, pumped up, quickened, set off, vitalized
abetted, fermented, fomented, raised, whipped (up)
angered, enraged, maddened, upset
aggravated, annoyed, bothered, exasperated, galled, got, irritated, vexed (also vext)
calmed, soothed, subdued, tranquilized (also tranquillized)
- the pastor continues to encourage the couple to work out their problems in hopes of saving their marriage
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