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Synonyms for dissuasive
dɪˈsweɪ sɪvdis·sua·sive
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Princeton's WordNet
dissuasiveadjective
deterring from action
"dissuasive advice"; "made a slight dissuasive gesture with her hand"
Antonyms:
persuasive, telling, glib-tongued, weighty, coaxing, ingratiatory, cogent, smooth-tongued, compelling, glib
Dictionary of English Synonymes
dissuasivenoun
Synonyms:
DISSUASIONdissuasiveadjective
Synonyms:
dissuading, dehortatory, tending to dissuade
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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How to use dissuasive in a sentence?
We believe that this is a step forward to reinforce the dissuasive capacity that the labor inspectorate must exert for employers who deliberately and irresponsibly breach their obligations and affect the health of our workers.
The class action law in Italy is a swindle and has nothing to do with the real class action (cases) that you see in the United States, which, first and foremost, inflict punitive damages that have a concrete dissuasive effect.
Translations for dissuasive
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- dissuasiuCatalan, Valencian
- disuasivo, disuasorioSpanish
- विरत करनेवालाHindi
- dissuasivoItalian
- எதிர்ப்பு வராதTamil
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