browbeating
61browbeat — (v.) to bully, originally to bear down with stern or arrogant looks, 1580s, from BROW (Cf. brow) + BEAT (Cf. beat) (v.). t appears from the earliest quotations ... that the [i]brow in question was that of the beater, not of the beaten party; but… …
62snow job — n American a case of deceit, browbeating or manip ulation, particularly by means of glib or overwhelming persuasion or flattery. The phrase has been common since World War II …
63browbeat — [[t]bra͟ʊbiːt[/t]] browbeats, browbeating, browbeaten VERB (The form browbeat is used in the present tense and is also the past tense.) If someone tries to browbeat you, they try to force you to do what they want. [V n] ...attempts to deceive,… …
64bullying — I. a. Blustering, swaggering, vaporing, vaunting, hectoring, bluff, gruff, bearish. II. n. Bluster, swagger, fanfaronade, gasconade, vaporing, hectoring, fire eating, mock heroics, browbeating, domineering …
65coercion — compulsion, *force, violence, duress, constraint, restraint Analogous words: *power, might, puissance, strength: intimidation, bulldozing, bullying, browbeating (see corresponding verbs at INTIMIDATE): threatening or threat, menacing or menace… …
66dissuade — dissuade, deter, discourage, divert mean to turn one aside from a purpose, a project, or a plan. Dissuade carries the strongest implication of advice, argument, or exhortation; like the affirmative form persuade, it usually suggests gentle or… …
67truculent — *fierce, ferocious, barbarous, savage, inhuman, cruel, fell Analogous words: intimidating, cowing, bulldozing, browbeating, bullying (see INTIMIDATE): terrorizing, terrifying, frightening (see FRIGHTEN): threatening, menacing (see THREATEN) …
68coercion — n 1. compulsion, pressure, duress, constraint, obligation; urge, provocation, requirement, necessitation; persuasion, inducement, insistence, arm twisting. 2. tyranny, terror, threat, force, enforcement; bullying, tormenting, harassment, abuse;… …
69control — v 1. dominate, rule over, reign over, exercise control over, govern; command, order, dictate, have it all one s way, call the shots, call the plays, run the show; boss, lay down the law, hold the purse strings; be in control, be in the driver s… …
70domination — n 1. control, rule, command, authority; power, influence, sway, ascendancy, supremacy, reign; overpoweringness, overwhelmingness, mastery, the whip or upper hand; domineeringness, browbeating, intimidating, intimidation; bullying, riding rough… …
