dissuade
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 8
Definition of dissuade
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To convince not to try or do.
“Jane dissuaded Martha from committing suicide.”
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Etymology
From Middle French dissuader, from Latin dissuādeō (“to urge differently”, “to advise against”, “to dissuade”), from dis- (“away from”, “asunder”) + suādeō (“to recommend”, “to advise”, “to urge”).
Words you can make from dissuade
92 playable · top: DISUSED (9 pts)
Best play disused 9 points6-letter words
8 words5-letter words
17 words4-letter words
28 words- ADDS 6 pts
- DADS 6 pts
- DEAD 6 pts
- DIED 6 pts
- DUAD 6 pts
- DUDE 6 pts
- DUDS 6 pts
- SUDD 6 pts
- AIDE 5 pts
- AIDS 5 pts
- DAIS 5 pts
- DESI 5 pts
- DIES 5 pts
- DISS 5 pts
- DUES 5 pts
- IDEA 5 pts
- IDES 5 pts
- SADE 5 pts
- SADI 5 pts
- SAID 5 pts
- SIDE 5 pts
- SUDS 5 pts
- SUED 5 pts
- USED 5 pts
- SEAS 4 pts
- SEIS 4 pts
- SUES 4 pts
- USES 4 pts
3-letter words
26 words2-letter words
12 wordsHooks
3 extensions · 3 back
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