dehortative
/diːˈhɔːtətɪv/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
noun
Anything that serves to dissuade; a disincentive or discouragement.
Example Sentences
- "But the words of the Apostle (it will be said) are exhortative and dehortative."
- "He was plainly oblivious of the dehortative mandate, ' Let us not do evil that good may come,' and appeared to have no dread of the 'just damnation' of those who do it."
- "This text, which underscored the communal and dehortative dimensions of Puritan elegy, was immediately followed by the miracle of the feeding, a biblical analogy to the elegiac swerve from death to renewed life."
- "Many elegies contain stylized accounts of peaceful deaths that offered a dehortative contrast to the grief-stricken panic of the living."
- "The dehortative verb typically occurs preceding a subordinate verb, as Samoan ? aua ne ?i galo, Maori kaua e wareware 'don't forget!'."
- "The few adjectives that can be marked for dehortative or apprehensive mood are all physical property or human propensity adjectives."
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /diːˈhɔːtətɪv/