Word of the Day: Catachrestical
Reason, argument, or counsel, employed to deter one from a measure or purpose; that which is used or which tends to divert the mind from any purpose or pursuit. The consequences of intemperance are powerful dissuasives from indulging in that vice.
A dissuasive argument or counsel; dissuasion; dehortation.
Dissuasion Roget’s Thesaurus §616
N. dissuasion, dehortation, expostulation, remonstrance, deprecation, discouragement, damper, wet blanket, disillusionment, disenchantment, cohibition, curb, check, reluctance, contraindication
V. dissuade, dehort, cry out against, remonstrate, expostulate, warn, contraindicate, disincline, indispose, shake, stagger, dispirit, discourage, dishearten, deter, repress, hold back, keep back, render averse, repel, turn aside, wean from, act as a drag, throw cold water on, damp, cool, chill, blunt, calm, quiet, quench, deprecate, disenchant, disillusion, deflate, take down a peg, pop one's balloon, prick one's balloon, burst one's bubble, disabuse (correction) 527a
Adj. dissuading, dissuasive, dehortatory, expostulatory, monitive|, monitory, dissuaded, admonitory, uninduced &c. (induce ), unpersuadable, averse, repugnant, repressed
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