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  • 51emollient — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ointment, balm. See remedy, softness. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. balm, salve, lotion, ointment, lenitive. II a. soothing, softening, relieving, as suasive, healing, palliative. ANT.: abrasive …

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  • 52suasivo — pl.m. suasivi sing.f. suasiva pl.f. suasive …

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  • 53suasion — [ sweɪʒ(ə)n] noun formal persuasion as opposed to force or compulsion. Derivatives suasive adjective Origin ME: from OFr., or from L. suasio(n ), from suadere to urge …

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  • 54suasory — a. Persuasive, suasive …

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  • 55persuasive — adj 1. convincing, impressive, satisfactory, satisfying; cogent, telling, effective, effectual, efficacious; weighty, authoritative; absolute, decisive, conclusive, determinative. 2. suasive, inducive, compelling, impelling; exhortative,… …

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  • 56potent — adj 1. powerful, mighty, strong, Literary. puissant, Archaic. potential; forceful, Sl. packing a punch or wallop, vehement, intense, great, formidable, overwhelming, overpowering; impregnable, unassailable, invulnerable, unvulnerable,… …

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  • 57powerful — adj 1. potent, mighty, strong, Literary. puissant, Archaic. potential; forceful, vehement, intense, great, formidable, overwhelming, overpowering, Sl. packing a punch or wallop; impregnable, unassailable, unvulnerable, unconquerable, indomitable …

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  • 58silver-tongued — adj 1. eloquent, articulate, well spoken, Archaic. facund, Obs.. facundious, Ciceronian; oratorical, rhetorical, declamatory; (all of speech) poetic, graceful, easy, facile, flowing, fluent, glib, slick, smooth, smooth tongued. 2. persuasive,… …

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  • 59smooth-spoken — adj 1. gentle, soft spoken, subtle; silver tongued, persuasive, suasive, eloquent, moving, winning; fluent, flowing, smooth, suave; dulcet, agreeable, pleasant, sweet, mellifluent, mellifluous. 2. glib, slick, fast talking; oily, unctuous, suave; …

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  • 60stringent — adj 1. strict, severe, harsh, rigorous, tight, exacting, demanding, tough, rough; rigid, stiff, hard, inflexible, unflexible, uncompromising; unbendable, unbending, unyielding, not giving an inch; fixed, set, firm, immovable, unalterable,… …

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