Vocabulary
Dissuade
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action.
Urdu meaning
ختم کرنا، منع کرنا، روکنا، حائل ہونا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The measures taken by the government, or by their minders at the IMF, will dissuade numerous qualified and competent men and, particularly, women, wanting to join the teaching profession in Pakistan.
- Former Indian foreign secretary Shyam Saran acknowledged to the Financial Times that the crisis set back New Delhi`s efforts to dissuade countries from treating India and Pakistan `on a par, and relations with each as interlinked`.
- Whether US intervention will dissuade India from embarking on a military course remains to be seen.
- So while Maulana Fazl`s words may have an effect on young madressah students or those sitting on the fence, they will do little to dissuade hardened fighters.
- Even that bombing and mass murder did not dissuade the loyal workers who were guarding her with their own bodies and lives and not weapons when she was assassinated in Rawalpindi in December the same year.
Synonyms
discourage, deter, prevent, disincline, turn aside, divert, sidetrack, talk out of
Antonyms
persuade, encourage
Curator example
“his friends tried to dissuade him from flying”
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