Thesaurus / dissuading
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synonyms for dissuading
- deter
- discourage
- divert
- faze
- prevent
- thwart
- warn
- counsel
- deprecate
- derail
- disincline
- exhort
- expostulate
- hinder
- prick
- remonstrate
- advise against
- caution against
- chicken out
- cry out against
- disadvise
- lean on
- persuade not to
- put off
- throw a wet blanket on
- throw cold water on
- throw off
- turn off
- urge not to
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He is an admirable and delightful man, but not fitted for action, and even dissuading from action.
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE, HIS LIFETHOPHILE GAUTIERWhile dissuading you from engaging in the speculation, she is visibly glad to see you investing your money in it.
THE PETTY TROUBLES OF MARRIED LIFE, COMPLETEHONORE DE BALZACI succeeded in dissuading her, as I knew he was planning to come home and they might miss each other in mid-ocean.
SILVER CHIMES IN SYRIAW. S. NELSONHe was even tempted to leave his companions to follow the girl, and Ben-Zayb had difficulty in dissuading him.
THE REIGN OF GREEDJOSE RIZALThe senior partner had succeeded in dissuading the junior partner from the employment of detectives.
TALES OF FANTASY AND FACTBRANDER MATTHEWSNor was Varney uninfluential in dissuading her from proclaiming her second marriage till occasion necessitated.
LUCRETIA, COMPLETEEDWARD BULWER-LYTTONAnd maddened at dice, no one amongst his friends could succeed in dissuading that represser of foes from the play that went on.
MAHABHARATA OF KRISHNA-DWAIPAYANA VYASA BK. 3 PT. 1KRISHNA-DWAIPAYANA VYASAHe had difficulty in awakening her, and greater difficulty in dissuading her from lying down again where she was.
SOME PERSONS UNKNOWNE. W. HORNUNGBut let us now see whether by dissuading his friends from a vain ostentation he did not exhort them to the pursuit of virtue.
THE MEMORABLE THOUGHTS OF SOCRATESXENOPHONI was just trying to find some way of dissuading my husband to do such a thing again.
WARREN COMMISSION (5 OF 26): HEARINGS VOL. V (OF 15)THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDYSYNONYM OF THE DAY
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