dissuasive

[ dih-swey-siv ]

adjective

1. tending or liable to dissuade.

Other Words From

• dis·suasive·ly adverb
• dis·suasive·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dissuasive¹

First recorded in 1600–10; dissuas(ion) + -ive

Example Sentences

They will have to pay dissuasive prices on their cost per click to challenge your position.

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The meal was as dissuasive as the washing arrangements, and I was glad when the trumpet summoned us to coach.

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These two are always joined together, and are a dissuasive from marrying a widow, because she is often involved in law suits.

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And with rapidity and confusion, she poured out a multitude of dissuasive arguments, some contradicting the others.

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He certainly does intend what he says as a dissuasive from a certain course of erroneous conduct.

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From a safe distance on the running-board, he flourished this, whooping the while in a shrill and dissuasive manner.

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