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Persuaded
/pəˈsweɪdɪd/
To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence.
📖 Definitions of "Persuaded"
- 1
To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence.
"That salesman was able to persuade me into buying this bottle of lotion."
- 2
To convince of by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe (something).
- 3
To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something).
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Persuaded"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| assurednoun | Guaranteed; secure. |
| believedverb | (transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing). |
| broughtverb | (transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere. |
| convicted | a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Henry Levin and starring Glenn Ford and Broderick Crawford. |
| convinced | In a state of believing, especially from evidence but not necessarily. |
| encouragedverb | Having been given hope or encouragement. |
| enticedverb | Having been tempted; Finding something enticing. |
| influencedverb | Subject to an effect caused by a person or thing outside of the subject's control. |
| lednoun | Under somebody's control or leadership. |
| lobbiedverb | (intransitive, transitive) To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause. |
| lobbiesnoun | (UK, dialect) A stew resembling scouse, using corned beef or tinned stewing steak. |
| lured | Lured is a 1947 American film noir directed by Douglas Sirk and starring George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, and Boris Karloff.. |
| promptedverb | (transitive) To initiate; to cause or lead to. |
| reassured | having confidence restored; freed from anxiety |
| satisfied | In a state of satisfaction. |
| swayedverb | Bent backwards, as in swayback |
| urgedverb | (transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward. |
| induced | (in combination) Brought about; caused to happen. |
| coaxedverb | (transitive) To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something. |
| cajoledverb | (ambitransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax. |
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