Antonyms for dissuade
dɪˈsweɪddis·suade

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1. dissuadeverb

   Antonyms:
   persuade

2. dissuadeverb

   Antonyms:
   persuade

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1. dissuade

   Antonyms:
   abet, advocate, aid, assist, countenance, embolden, encourage, incite, instigate, promote, sanction, support, uphold

   Synonyms:
   baffle, confound, counteract, denounce, deter, disapprove, disconcert, discourage, expose, frustrate, hinder, impede, obstruct

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1. • Advise

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1. dissuade, deterverb

   turn away from by persuasion

   "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"

   Antonyms:
   persuade

   Synonyms:
   deter, discourage

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1. dissuadeverb

   Synonyms:
   deter, divert

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   Submitted by anonymous on May 20, 2020  

How to use dissuade in a sentence?

1. Gordon Sondlund:

   I think everyone has their head down and they're focused on the goal, and we haven't seen or heard anything to dissuade us at this point.

2. Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon:

   This is not meant to be punitive, but rather to dissuade others from carrying out terrorist attacks.

3. Ray Attrill:

   Nothing has happened in the last 24 hours to dissuade us from the view that we are headed in the direction of an Article 50 delay, a softer Brexit or no Brexit, but it remains too soon to be buying sterling with your ears pinned back.

4. Vladimir Putin.Kristine Berzina:

   The West needs every possible form of leverage that The West can get to dissuade Russia from invading Ukraine, russia's ambitions right now are huge and the explicit asks it has made of The West on returning troops to where they were in the early 90s and to close the door on NATO expansion, these are not in line with the West's values, so The West really can't give Russia what The West wants there.

5. Read MoreGabriel Fairman:

   I try to dissuade people from working for our company. I try to be honest about all our shortcomings and challenges.

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