Roget's Thesaurus

#616. Dissuasion

Nouns

dissuasion, dehortation, expostulation, remonstrance; deprecation etc. 766. discouragement, damper, wet blanket; disillusionment, disenchantment. cohibition etc. (restraint) 751; curb etc. (means of restraint) 752; check etc. (hindrance) 706. reluctance etc. (unwillingness) 603; contraindication.

Verbs

dissuade, dehort, cry out against, remonstrate, expostulate, warn, contraindicate. disincline, indispose, shake, stagger; dispirit; discourage, dishearten; deter; repress, hold back, keep back etc. (restrain) 751; render averse etc. 603; repel; turn aside etc. (deviation) 279; wean from; act as a drag etc. (hinder) 706; throw cold water on, damp, cool, chill, blunt, calm, quiet, quench; deprecate etc. 766. disenchant, disillusion, deflate, take down a peg, pop one's balloon, prick one's balloon, burst one's bubble; disabuse (correction) 527a.

Adjectives

dissuading etc. v.; dissuasive; dehortatory, expostulatory; monitive, monitory. dissuaded etc. v.; admonitory; uninduced etc. (induce) etc. 615; unpersuadable etc. (obstinate) 606; averse etc. (unwilling) 603; repugnant etc. (dislike) 867. repressed.