dissuasive

Other forms: dissuasively

Definitions of dissuasive

1. adjective

   deterring from action
   “dissuasive advice”

   “made a slight dissuasive gesture with her hand”

   synonyms:

   discouraging

   depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action

   admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning

   serving to warn

   discouraging

   expressing disapproval

   antonyms:

   persuasive

   intended or having the power to induce action or belief

   convincing

   causing one to believe the truth of something

   coaxing, ingratiatory

   pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade

   cogent, telling, weighty

   powerfully persuasive

   compelling

   tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument

   glib, glib-tongued, smooth-tongued

   artfully persuasive in speech