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Synonyms for dissuade
dɪˈsweɪddis·suade
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
dissuade, deterverb
turn away from by persuasion
"Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"
Synonyms:
deter, discourageAntonyms:
persuade
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
dissuadeverb
Synonyms:
turn from a purpose, divert by persuasion
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "dissuade":
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#12366 | expose | |
#18159 | deter | |
#20138 | discourage | |
#22854 | hinder | |
#29400 | impede | |
#31947 | disapprove | |
#36830 | counteract | |
#39730 | obstruct | |
#40292 | denounce | |
#41205 | baffle | |
#49040 | frustrate | |
#59581 | confound | |
#63455 | dissuade | |
#311709 | disconcert |
How to use dissuade in a sentence?
Of course, a military response is necessary. But the war must go beyond that, we need to address the problem of poverty and unemployment plaguing these regions (where Boko Haram is active) to dissuade the youths from joining the terrorists.
The real problem with the information sharing is not just that it has resulted in people being deported but that the specific design of it is to dissuade sponsors from coming forward, thereby keeping kids locked up for longer.
The burden of proof is not on Astrology to prove that it does work. The burden of proof is on skeptics and cynics to give us evidence that would dissuade the millions of people who believe in it to go the other way.
Obviously there was a reaction to dissuade the protesters and that produced this unfortunate result.
My message remains the same. The border is not secure, and we need to be doing more to dissuade migrants from coming to the United States.
Translations for dissuade
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- разубеждавамBulgarian
- rozmluvitCzech
- abraten, abbringenGerman
- αποτρέπωGreek
- disuadirSpanish
- saada luopumaan, saada toisiin ajatuksiin, kääntää jonkun pääFinnish
- dissuaderFrench
- विरत करनाHindi
- dissuadereItalian
- 思いとどまるJapanese
- dissuādēreLatin
- uit het hoofd praten, afbrengen, afradenDutch
- dissuadirPortuguese
- разубедить, разубеждатьRussian
- avråda, avskräckaSwedish
- பிரிக்கTamil
- ห้ามปรามThai
- 勸阻Chinese
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