Meaning & use
deterred
Discouraged from doing something, typically through fear of a consequence or awareness of a difficulty.
See it in a sentence
High shipping costs deterred many customers from ordering the product online.
Bad weather deterred hikers from attempting the summit that morning.
A note on using this word
'Deter' is usually followed by 'from' plus a verb in the -ing form, as in 'deterred him from leaving'.
Words with a similar meaning
discourageddissuaded
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Words with an opposite meaning
encouraged
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