encourage
How many syllables in encourage?
There are 3 syllables in the word encourage.How to pronounce encourage:
Definition of encourage:
- encourage:
- The past tense of Encourage is encouraged.
Synonyms for encourage:
advance
back up
boost
carry
conduce
connive at
contribute
feed
further
help
lead
promote
spur
support
wink at
Antonyms for encourage:
abash
abate
afflict
aggravate
aggrieve
agitate
allay
alleviate
annoy
answer
antagonise
antagonize
appal
appall
assuage
awe
become angry
become gloomy
becourage
blacken
block
blunt
bore
bother
brake
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- opulent
- exceeding
- accusing
- apricate
- prettiest
- fortunate
- unable
- desolate
- convincing
- fatigued
- boisterous
- whereabouts
- whomever
- deligate
- recklessly
- scrumptious
- gluttonous
- embitter
- thoughtfully
- exacted
- amusement
- acumen
- hesitance
- wonderous
- syllable
- mantelpiece
- nautical
- patriarch
- example
- gallantly
- astonished
- filleted
- spectacle
- kaffiyeh
- relatives
- enquiry
- studious
- stepping-stone
- ululate
- horribly
- hopefully
- flagrantly
- maximize
- impending
- displaying
- blossoming
- befallen
- mesmerized
- secluded
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Syllable Fun Fact
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