Antonyms for persuasive

Grammar : Adj

Spell : per-swey-siv, -ziv

Phonetic Transcription : pərˈsweɪ sɪv, -zɪv

Definition of persuasive

Origin : 1580s, from Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuasivus, from Latin persuas-, past participle stem of persuadere "persuade, convince" (see persuasion). Related: Persuasively; persuasiveness. Replaced earlier persuasible in this sense (see persuadable).

adj effective, influential

Example sentences :

Persuasive is the voice of Vice, That spreads the insidious snare.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

"Don't you come now, dear," she advised him, in that persuasive voice of hers.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

"The only pattern of exactly its sort and color," said the persuasive voice of Pat.
Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger

What makes these patients so persuasive is the fact that they are themselves persuaded.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

He was dignified and suave and gracious, also persuasive when he chose to be.
Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Georgie came, partly of his own volition, partly because of the persuasive tug at his ankle.
Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln

It was endued with a personality feminine, insidious and persuasive.
Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs

On the instant, however, I racked my brain for some persuasive argument.
Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey

He remembered with pleasure how very eloquent and persuasive he had been.
Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad

Some men tell us we must be patient and persuasive; that we must be womanly.
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

Synonyms for persuasive

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