Disincline [verb]

Definition of Disincline:

deter, dissuade; restrain

Synonyms of Disincline:

● Hinder

● Prevent

● Inhibit

● Frighten

● Curb

● Impede

● Scare

● Control

● Obstruct

● Discountenance

● Deprecate

● Withhold

● Quiet

● Interfere

● Warn

● Shake

● Disfavor

● Divert

● Repress

● Check

● Chill

● Hold back

● Put off

● Turn off

● Indispose

● Disadvise

● Hold off

● Keep back

● Talk out of

● Throw cold water on

● Turn aside


Opposite/Antonyms of Disincline:

● Inspirit

● Approve

● Support

● Let go

● Help

● Forward

● Encourage

● Allow

● Advance

● Inspire

● Hearten

● Permit

● Comfort

● Calm

● Facilitate

● Assist

● Aid


Sentence/Example of Disincline:

A man may love oysters, but too many oysters will disincline him toward that particular diet.

And shall selfish feeling disincline me to such duties as these?

The water was so warm as at first to disincline one to enter it, but by degrees the sensation became far from unpleasant.

At the same time he denounced the authors, so as to disincline the reader to look into their pages for the D'Israelian plagiaries.

The efforts which a bad reader has to make, both disincline him to the task of reading, and hinder his appreciation of truth.

The Romans usually had enough to do at home to disincline them from bothering themselves too much with the religion of the Jews.

She saw their existing posture clearly, yet believed, as men disincline to do, that they grow.

I had heard so many stories of his making "dead sets" at new acquaintances as to disincline me to become one.