dissuading in English
verb
1
persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action.
his friends tried to dissuade him from flying
synonyms:discourage fromdeter fromprevent fromdivert fromstop fromtalk out ofpersuade againstadvise againstargue out of
verb
- discourage fromdeter fromprevent fromdivert fromstop fromtalk out ofpersuade againstadvise againstargue out of
- deter
Use "dissuading" in a sentence
Below are sample sentences containing the word "dissuading" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "dissuading", or refer to the context using the word "dissuading" in the English Dictionary.
1. Kato tries dissuading him, but Britt, feeling overshadowed, follows his instincts.
2. Antonyms for Blandishing include disparaging, unflattering, discouraging, dissuading, repelling, repulsing and turning off
3. They accepted that this often meant dissuading him from acting on his bedrock convictions because of the political costs involved.