PERSUADING Antonyms
Definition of PERSUADING
Best Opposite Words For PERSUADING
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discouraging | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action adjective satellite • expressing disapproval in order to dissuade | ||||||||
hindering | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • preventing movement | ||||||||
deterring | verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj | |||||||
verb • try to prevent; show opposition to • turn away from by persuasion | ||||||||
dissuading | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • turn away from by persuasion | ||||||||
forcing | verbv | |||||||
noun • a powerful effect or influence • (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity • physical energy or intensity • group of people willing to obey orders • a unit that is part of some military service • an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) • one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority • a group of people having the power of effective action • (of a law) having legal validity • a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base verb • to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means • urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate • move with force • impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably • squeeze like a wedge into a tight space • force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically • do forcibly; exert force • take by force | ||||||||
obstructing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of • block passage through • shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight | ||||||||
preventing | verbv | |||||||
verb • keep from happening or arising; make impossible • stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state | ||||||||
dissuade | verbv | |||||||
verb • turn away from by persuasion | ||||||||
deter | verbv | |||||||
verb • try to prevent; show opposition to • turn away from by persuasion |