dissuade

dissuade is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course). Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course).
2. transitive verb. To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose.
3. verb. turn away from by persuasion

   "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"

   Synonyms: deter

Synonyms

deter

Common word forms

dissuaded, dissuader, dissuades, dissuading

Words from these letters

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