dissuaded; dissuading
1
a
: to advise (a person) against something
… dissuading us from base thoughts, low ends, ignoble gains …—
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b
archaic
: to advise against (an action)
2
: to turn from something by persuasion
unable to dissuade him from going
dissuader
noun
Examples of dissuade in a Sentence
Our warnings did not dissuade them.
tried to dissuade her from her intention to drop out of college
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The disclosures aim to dissuade analysts from taking buy-side offers.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 25 July 2025
Ormond alleges that after the incident, her CAA agents sought to dissuade her from reporting it — a charge CAA also denies.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 23 July 2025
Last year's fines of $22.5K were not big enough to dissuade downtown San Diego hotel...
San Diego student video game team has a starring role at Comic-Con
July 22, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.
Monarch School, which serves homeless families, is hosting a panel during the convention.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2025
Indeed, Cold War–era American institutions and personalities who promoted the ideal of aesthetic autonomy while trying to dissuade writers and artists from left-wing politics and propagandizing (sometimes with the help of CIA subventions) represented a glaring contradiction.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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Nino Paoli, Fortune, 25 July 2025
Ormond alleges that after the incident, her CAA agents sought to dissuade her from reporting it — a charge CAA also denies.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 23 July 2025
Last year's fines of $22.5K were not big enough to dissuade downtown San Diego hotel...
San Diego student video game team has a starring role at Comic-Con
July 22, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.
Monarch School, which serves homeless families, is hosting a panel during the convention.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2025
Indeed, Cold War–era American institutions and personalities who promoted the ideal of aesthetic autonomy while trying to dissuade writers and artists from left-wing politics and propagandizing (sometimes with the help of CIA subventions) represented a glaring contradiction.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for dissuade
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“Dissuade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dissuade. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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