Word Meanings - DISSUADE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course). Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter. Goldsmith. War, therefore, open or concealed, alike My voice dissuades. Milton. 2. To divert
Additional info about word: DISSUADE
1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course). Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter. Goldsmith. War, therefore, open or concealed, alike My voice dissuades. Milton. 2. To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose. I have tried what is possible to dissuade him. Mad. D' Arblay.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DISSUADE)
- Admonish
- Remind
- forewarn
- advise
- warn
- dissuade
- caution
- counsel
- reprove
- censure
- rebuke
- Deter
- Warn
- stop
- disincline
- indispose
- dispirit
- hinder
- prevent
- discourage
- dishearten
- terrify
- scare
- Premonish
- monish
- admonish
- notify
- deter
- alarm
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DISSUADE)
Related words: (words related to DISSUADE)
- ADMONISHER
One who admonishes. - CAUTIONARY BLOCK
A block in which two or more trains are permitted to travel, under restrictions imposed by a caution card or the like. - REMIND
To put in mind of something; to bring to the remembrance of; to bring to the notice or consideration of . When age itself, which will not be defied, shall begin to arrest, seize, and remind us of our mortality. South. - PREVENTATIVE
That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive. - REMINDER
One who, or that which, reminds; that which serves to awaken remembrance. - DISPIRITED
Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- Dis*pir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pir"it*ed, n. - CENSURER
One who censures. Sha. - DISHEARTENMENT
Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits. - ALARM
1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. Arming to answer in a night alarm. Shak. 2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warming sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. Sound an alarm in - COMPOSE
To arrange in a composing stick in order for printing; to set . (more info) 1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion. Zeal ought to be composed of the hidhest degrees of all - FOREWARN
To warn beforehand; to give previous warning, admonition, information, or notice to; to caution in advance. We were forewarned of your coming. Shak. - PREVENTABLE
Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases. - ADVISER
One who advises. - PREVENTINGLY
So as to prevent or hinder. - DISCOURAGEMENT
1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection. 2. That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent; - COMPOSER
1. One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music. If the thoughts of such authors have nothing in them, they at least . . . show an honest industry and a good intention in the composer. Addison. His most brilliant and - NOTIFY
1. To make known; to declare; to publish; as, to notify a fact to a person. No law can bind till it be notified or promulged. Sowth. 2. To give notice to; to inform by notice; to apprise; as, the constable has notified the citizens to meet at the - COUNSEL
fr. the root of consulere to consult, of uncertain origin. Cf. 1. Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation. All the chief priest and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death. Matt. xxvii. 1. 2. Examination - PREVENT
1. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct. We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 1 Thess. iv. 15. We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow - CAUTION
scavere) to be on one's guard, to take care to be on the 1. A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness. 2. Security; guaranty; bail. - IMPREVENTABLE
Not preventable; invitable. - MISADVISE
To give bad counsel to. - SUTURALLY
In a sutural manner. - CENTRALLY
In a central manner or situation. - IMPREVENTABILITY
The state or quality of being impreventable. - DECOMPOSE
To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay. - PASTORALLY
1. In a pastoral or rural manner. 2. In the manner of a pastor. - PRECAUTION
praecautum, to guard against beforehand; prae before + cavere be on 1. Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good; as, his life was saved by precaution. They treasured up their supposed discoveries - MAMMONISH
Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or the service of Mammon. Carlyle. - INDETERMINABLE
Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited. -- In`de*ter"mi*na*bly, adv. - ORALLY
1. In an oral manner. Tillotson. 2. By, with, or in, the mouth; as, to receive the sacrament orally. Usher. - LATERALLY
By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side.