deterred (de-terred)
Definition
verb. to discourage or prevent from taking action
Example Sentence
The large dog deterred trespassers.
Synonyms
discourage; avert; block
Antonyms
encourage; incite; provoke; tempt
Rhymes
- bird
- blurred
- burd
- byrd
- curd
- ferd
- gerd
- gird
- gjerde
- heard
- herd
- hird
- hurd
- jerde
- kurd
- leard
- nerd
- purred
- slurred
- spurred
- stirred
- third
- word
- abjured
- absurd
- alward
- chauffeured
- concurred
- conferred
- deferred
- demurred
- deterred
- incurred
- inferred
- interred
- misheard
- occured
- occurred
- prefered
- preferred
- recurred
- referred
- reword
- transfered
- transferred
- uncured
- unheard
- overheard
- undeterred