Antonyms for encourager

Grammar : Noun

Spell : en-kur-ij, -kuhr-

Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkɜr ɪdʒ, -ˈkʌr-

Definition of encourager

Origin : early 15c., from Old French encoragier "make strong, hearten," from en- "make, put in" (see en- (1)) + corage (see courage). Related: Encouraged; encouraging.

As in patron : noun person who supports a cause
As in father/mother : noun founder, inventor

Example sentences :

They believed the Iron Duke to be the instigator and encourager of a shabby trick.
Extract from : « The Shellback's Progress » by Walter Runciman

I was unaware that belief is an encourager and guide to reason.
Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor

He was an encourager of learning and the arts, and a dabbler in science.
Extract from : « Old Continental Towns » by Walter M. Gallichan

He has been the encourager and partaker of all thy numerous vices and follies.
Extract from : « The Fair Maid of Perth » by Sir Walter Scott

But now I look around for my stay, my monitor, my encourager, in vain.
Extract from : « Jane Talbot » by Charles Brockden Brown

The list of my poor authors increased, for I was an encourager of genius.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 2 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

That great virtuoso and encourager of gardening, Mr. Secretary Johnson, at Twickenham.
Extract from : « On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, » by Samuel Felton

The fellow who then went openly about with sack on back was a thief, and an encourager of thieves; he now keeps a marine-store.
Extract from : « A History of the Cries of London » by Charles Hindley

She had the virtue of being a liberal patron of the arts and an encourager of artistic merit wherever she found it.
Extract from : « The Old Furniture Book » by N. Hudson Moore

Thou art the king of the mighty, the entertainer and encourager of Bards.
Extract from : « Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards » by Evan Evans

Synonyms for encourager

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