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Verb
Present participle for to bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way
Present participle for to harass, annoy, or cause trouble to (someone)
Present participle for to have convinced or manipulated
Present participle for to disconcert someone with an unblinking face-to-face confrontation
Present participle for to question or quiz, especially in a thorough or investigative manner
Present participle for to browbeat or reprimand someone harshly, usually in front of other people
Present participle for to shame or humiliate someone
Present participle for browbeat, destroy with words
Present participle for talk in a loud, aggressive, or indignant way with little effect
Adjective
Defiantly aggressive or bad-tempered
Causing fear or terror
Tough and exacting in one's expectations or treatment of others
Noun
The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats
Psychological conflict
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Verb
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Present participle for to bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way
bulldozing
bullying
cowing
hectoring
intimidating
badgering
coercing
domineering
dragooning
oppressing
tyrannising
UK
tyrannizing
US
compelling
persecuting
pressuring
pressurising
UK
pressurizing
US
blackjacking
bludgeoning
bogarting
bullyragging
forcing
goading
harassing
harrying
hounding
mau-mauing
menacing
nagging
overawing
overbearing
strong-arming
subjugating
terrorising
UK
terrorizing
US
threatening
blustering
castigating
despotizing
frightening
impelling
pestering
pushing
railroading
leaning on
picking on
riding roughshod over
bossing about
bossing around
lording it over
putting heat on
twisting one's arm
using strong-arm tactics on
putting the chill on
putting through the wringer
holding a gun to one's head
pressing
driving
scaring
pushing around
constraining
putting the screws on
tormenting
obliging
steamrollering
making
prevailing on
hustling
appalling
terrifying
dominating
awing
aweing
daunting
putting pressure on
impressing
obligating
alarming
prodding
muscling
sandbagging
unnerving
brainwashing
fast-talking
dismaying
influencing
using pressure on
squeezing
urging
spooking
subduing
putting the squeeze on
twisting someone's arm
ordering about
ordering around
press-ganging
disconcerting
enforcing
bossing
bringing pressure to bear on
plaguing
hassling
petrifying
persuading
buffaloing
commanding
ruffling
victimizing
US
affrighting
bothering
bouncing
deterring
fazing
discouraging
victimising
UK
pushing about
giving orders to
turning on the heat
mistreating
shaking
walking all over
shocking
startling
putting the heat on
panicking
abusing
rattling
horrifying
repressing
dictating
frighting
worrying
alaruming
perturbing
agitating
disheartening
psyching out
requiring
ordering
disquieting
insisting
acting on
chillin
chilling
working on
scarifying
blackmailing
putting under an obligation
dictating to
striking terror into
putting up to
kicking around
scaring off
scaring to death
scaring the bejesus out of
tightening the screws on
calling the shots
having someone do something
throwing your weight around
teasing
baiting
heckling
abashing
discomfiting
admonishing
riding
brutalising
UK
brutalizing
US
controlling
maltreating
spurring
swaggering
suppressing
overwhelming
ruling
inducing
necessitating
cajoling
flustering
besetting
giving orders
swaying
troubling
telling someone what to do
concussing
binding
causing
trampling on
ramrodding
upsetting
discomforting
issuing threats to
demanding
demoralizing
US
astounding
repelling
stiffing
unhinging
charging
imposing
insisting on
demoralising
UK
breathing down someone's neck
putting the wind up
walking heavy
coming at
treating harshly
putting the frighteners on
scaring away
curdling the blood
ruling with an iron hand
making teeth chatter
ruling with a rod of iron
making one's hair stand on end
putting the fear of God into
chilling to the bone
turning the screws on
laying down the law
keeping under thumb
making one's blood run cold
hogging
barbarizing
vandalizing
US
chivvying
inhibiting
smothering
irritating
leaning
compressing
vandalising
UK
wheedling
assailing
importuning
squashing
condensing
constricting
politicking
selling
suffocating
restricting
hindering
shotgunning
arguing
talking
besieging
working over
high pressuring
vexing
frightening off
acting the tin god
annoying
antagonizing
US
taunting
chivying
striking terror in
pulling rank on
antagonising
UK
unmanning
treading on
distressing
aggrieving
disturbing
putting the arm on
filling with terror
inspiring panic in
prevailing upon
effecting
tightening the screw on
having
turning the screw on
imposing on
making an offer they can't refuse
manhandling
kicking about
misusing
overpowering
making it hot for someone
frightening out of your wits
making things hot for someone
crowding
throwing into panic
riding roughshod
torturing
mishandling
embarrassing
scaring witless
scaring stiff
droving
blinding someone with something
bewildering
confusing
filling with fear
freezing your blood
taking your breath away
warning
nonplussing
perplexing
making one's flesh creep
scaring someone out of their wits
getting the wind up
making someone jump out of their skin
throwing into a panic
giving one the creeps
scaring the living daylights out of
giving someone the heebie-jeebies
scaring the pants off
throwing into a blue funk
giving someone goose pimples
throwing into a fright
chilling to the marrow
scaring someone half to death
confounding
overcoming
ill-treating
crushing
unsettling
discomposing
playing the heavy with
messing over
ill-using
putting down
enslaving
trampling
making uneasy
making anxious
fulminating
growling
snarling
cautioning
forewarning
scowling
comminating
foisting
occasioning
jeoparding
imperilling
UK
endangering
periling
adventuring
jeopardizing
US
venturing
risking
compromising
imperiling
US
hazarding
destabilizing
US
unbalancing
jolting
baffling
throwing
moving
using force on
conscripting
urging by force
burdening
contracting
obtruding
enjoining
choking
using duress on
applying
encouraging
advising
imploring
keeping down
mystifying
flummoxing
exerting force on
promoting
inciting
begging
directing
holding down
bringing force to bear on
training
pinning down
bearing down
putting the bite on
taking aback
destabilising
UK
blinding
shaking up
putting off
advocating
expediting
gambling with
looming
impending
portending
lowering
jeopardising
UK
domineering over
running
superintending
overseeing
prevailing
putting screws to
putting squeeze on
bearing hard on
bringing pressure to bear upon
flexing muscles
making threats to
threatening to harm
making threats against
threatening to kill
looking daggers
making threat
predominating
beseeching
inspanning
soliciting
throwing off balance
preponderating
grinding down
reigning
leading
supervising
captaining
quarterbacking
governing
recommending
motivating
trampling underfoot
inspiring
prompting
bending
henpecking
putting to work
working
pounding
heading
spearheading
administrating
managing
adjuring
propelling
nudging
ruling despotically
having someone under your thumb
treating brutally
bringing someone to their knees
shaking fist at
pulling the rug from under
pulling the rug out from under
exhorting
entreating
steamrolling
uttering threats to
whipping around
keying up
trying to persuade
speeding up
putting the screws to
scaring hell out of
railroading into
pouring it on
dragooning into
calling the tune
taking charge
trying to control
pushing for
steamrollering into
scaring the daylights out of
presiding over
being in charge
ruling the roost
turning on
bulldozing into
running the show
appealing to
firing up
selling one on
being in the saddle
leading by the nose
running things
pushing the buttons
bending to your will
exerting influence on
egging on
going to town on
browbeating into
bearing down on
distracting
freaking out
getting to
concerning
surprising
amazing
consternating
giving a turn
fussing
ailing
making nervous
flurrying
frazzling
depressing
distempering
derailing
hagriding
undoing
stunning
weirding out
stupefying
sickening
frightening the living daylights out of
exercising
discombobulating
afflicting
irking
frightening to death
paralysing
UK
astonishing
making jump
discountenancing
frightening the life out of
disgusting
paralyzing
US
making afraid
flooring
outraging
fretting
bugging
pothering
dispiriting
scaring the life out of
scaring the hell out of
frightening someone out of their wits
giving someone a fright
frustrating
sending into a cold sweat
haunting
saddening
making someone shake in their shoes
making someone's hair stand on end
revolting
disappointing
flabbergasting
scandalizing
US
dumbfounding
enthralling
offending
puzzling
grieving
needling
nauseating
dazing
throwing into a tizz
scaring silly
scandalising
UK
throwing into a tizzy
bedevilling
UK
bedeviling
US
stirring up
intruding
making waves
scaring the pants off of
warning off
frightening away
chasing off
driving away
giving a hard time
freezing
paralysing with fear
insulting
transfixing
freaking
working up
making fearful
striking fear into
staggering
springing
incommoding
chilling off
stampeding
exciting
immobilizing
US
unquieting
giving someone a jolt
giving a shock
numbing
benumbing
immobilising
UK
striking
showboating
grandstanding
hotdogging
dazzling
jarring
traumatizing
US
making someone jump out of his skin
springing on
making restless
making fretful
making flesh crawl
knocking for a loop
grossing out
mortifying
traumatising
UK
unstringing
muddling
deranging
harrowing
addling
throwing into disarray
repulsing
provoking
paining
galling
interfering
tiring
complicating
arousing
piquing
rousing
putting chill on
filling with panic
putting out
stressing
distressing greatly
rattling one's cage
putting someone off their stride
putting out of countenance
taxing
dashing
burning up
knocking props out
throwing a curve
straining
chagrining
disillusioning
getting in the way
rousting
blowing away
despairing
beleaguering
dejecting
disenchanting
disgruntling
giving someone the creeps
encroaching
accosting
discommoding
breaking in
pursuing
interrupting
molesting
snafuing
letting down
trying
chafing
weighing down
testing
disarming
tearing
tantalising
UK
tantalizing
US
dunning
knocking sideways
causing anxiety to
screwing up
lousing up
filling with consternation
knocking for six
messing up
fouling up
mucking up
flushing
making your gorge rise
making someone want to throw up
making shudder
lying heavy on
gnawing at
sweating out
undermining
enervating
weakening
enfeebling
uncalming
sapping
displeasing
inconveniencing
angering
hurting
bowling over
putting into a flap
throwing off
setting back
peeving
putting someone off their stroke
miffing
wounding
indisposing
narking
turning
incapacitating
crazing
flipping
cramping
debilitating
causing someone to lose their composure
flipping out
ticking off
winding up
getting at
laying up
bumming out
getting across
getting someone
hacking off
rocking the boat
giving someone grief
making a scene
hurting somebody's feelings
getting on your wick
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“He used a combination of intimidation and hearsay evidence to
browbeat
the accused.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to harass, annoy, or cause trouble to (someone)
bothering
annoying
vexing
irritating
troubling
irking
bugging
upsetting
disturbing
exasperating
aggravating
harassing
worrying
galling
tormenting
riling
plaguing
provoking
nettling
peeving
piquing
hassling
pestering
ruffling
narking
persecuting
needling
chafing
afflicting
harrying
getting
displeasing
nagging
grating
badgering
bedeviling
US
bedevilling
UK
riding
hounding
rasping
eating
besetting
spiting
frosting
griping
teasing
paining
itching
grieving
goading
hurting
inconveniencing
molesting
disgusting
chivvying
perplexing
dogging
discommoding
insulting
deviling
devilling
mithering
taunting
chivying
pursuing
scaring
nudging
tantalising
UK
tantalizing
US
interrupting
boring
crossing
hindering
impeding
putting out
hacking off
burning up
rubbing up the wrong way
driving up the wall
picking on
getting on your nerves
giving someone grief
grating on
intruding upon
giving a hard time
imposing on
getting on your wick
bending someone's ear
breathing down someone's neck
carping at
making somebody's hackles rise
bullying
hectoring
henpecking
intimidating
niggling
pecking at
baiting
heckling
ragging
prodding
curdling
keeping after
keeping on at
going on at
scratching around
yapping at
ragging on
searching high heaven
carping
scolding
criticizing
US
domineering
agitating
flustering
confusing
rattling
unsettling
disconcerting
chiding
angering
unnerving
disquieting
flurrying
perturbing
discomfiting
cavilling
UK
picking at
caviling
US
berating
fussing
stirring
discountenancing
discomposing
fazing
throwing
putting off
affecting
criticising
UK
miffing
discombobulating
making nervous
shaking up
getting to
throwing off balance
finding fault
flummoxing
cowing
furbelowing
fuddling
distressing
exciting
blustering
abrading
flooring
fretting
disrupting
wearing
frilling
stumping
putting someone off their stroke
winding up
getting across
causing someone to lose their composure
putting into a flap
throwing into a tizz
throwing into tizzy
rattling one's cage
torturing
beleaguering
oppressing
importuning
besieging
racking
victimizing
US
harrowing
agonizing
US
agonising
UK
cursing
anguishing
victimising
UK
terrorizing
US
haunting
stressing
excruciating
harping on at
getting in your hair
terrorising
UK
getting at
trying
abusing
maltreating
ill-treating
gnawing
dunning
tyrannizing
US
outraging
working on
tyrannising
UK
pressing
driving round the bend
mistreating
attacking
making things hot for someone
injuring
hazing
discriminating against
leaning on
offending
maddening
embarrassing
preying on
straining
assailing
aggrieving
giving a bad time
exploiting
ticking off
driving bananas
pressurizing
US
ribbing
grizzling
reminding
hunting
infuriating
chaffing
incensing
urging
pushing around
upbraiding
ridiculing
enraging
martyring
punishing
pressurising
UK
rankling
gibing
plying
barraging
punishing unfairly
inflaming
wronging
overwhelming
having it in for
beating
graveling
gravelling
enslaving
pushing
depressing
giving the business
driving round the twist
having a down on
frustrating
hacking you off
breaking
dominating
infesting
putting the squeeze on
chagrining
dissatisfying
biting
causing suffering to
gnawing at
nagging at
making it hot for someone
bumming out
giving someone the hump
making someone see red
lying heavy on
weighing heavily on
getting your back up
appalling
rankling with
weighing on
tyrannizing over
getting under your skin
blighting
keeping at
bedogging
petitioning
soliciting
showing antagonism to
disapproving of
harping on
prompting
feeling ill will towards
showing ill will towards
pushing about
bearing a grudge towards
giving someone hell
guying
insisting on
obsessing
stressing out
mocking
scorning
bullyragging
despoiling
burning
macerating
foraying
noodging
insisting
grinding
egging on
jerking around
inflicting pain on
inflicting suffering on
burdening
belabouring
UK
wringing
boning
smiting
messing with
driving crazy
razzing
possessing
getting your hackles up
getting your dander up
making your blood boil
ruffling one's feathers
trying your patience
getting up someone's nose
buttonholing
crucifying
exiling
expelling
dragooning
driving you up the wall
getting on one's nerves
swindling
cheating
hoodwinking
tricking
fleecing
jeering
recurring
taking the mickey
disparaging
barracking
booing
getting on the nerves of
taking the piss out of
leading someone a merry dance
playing cat and mouse
putting through wringer
rubbing salt in wound
preoccupying
staying with
coming back to
singling out
reviling
reproaching
shouting down
getting in the hair of
belaboring
US
bombarding
sticking the knife into
getting the knife into
gripping
overriding
hissing
blackmailing
bleeding
conning
dissing
putting pressure on
saddening
bringing pressure to bear on
dismaying
jibing at
shouting at
wounding
shouting catcalls at
butting in
making game of
taking advantage of
distracting
concerning
distempering
alarming
unhinging
frazzling
alaruming
ailing
derailing
discomforting
hagriding
confounding
shaking
strapping
desolating
pricking
exercising
undoing
indisposing
nit-picking
mixing up
putting your back up
turning off
causing anguish to
immolating
demonizing
US
using
entangling
hampering
weirding out
making miserable
freaking out
doing a number on
arousing anxiety in
pushing buttons
making wretched
eating at
making it tough for
cutting up
demonising
UK
aggressing
weighing down
grousing
croaking
repining
yammering
crabbing
bellyaching
growling
moaning
grouching
inveighing
bleating
yawping
yauping
whimpering
wailing
maundering
muttering
hollering
whining
murmuring
kvetching
screaming
complaining
kicking
caterwauling
grumbling
beefing
whingeing
squealing
keening
grumping
yowling
squawking
stacking the deck
having your knife into
jumping on one's case
falling upon
falling on
starting in on
grumbling at
moaning at
egging
giving the needle
subjugating
suppressing
crushing
finding fault with
moaning on at
keeping complaining to
subduing
repressing
overcoming
hegemonizing
mastering
overpowering
taking it out on
busting chops
busting someone's balls
subjecting
scourging
keeping down
treating harshly
ruling with a rod of iron
putting screws to
handicapping
coercing
beating down
bringing under the yoke
riding roughshod over
encumbering
trampling on
ruling
weighing heavy upon
saddling
holding sway over
trampling underfoot
despotizing
holding down
grinding down
bringing to heel
putting down
ruling with an iron hand
bringing someone to their knees
overthrowing
forcing
smothering
walking all over
ruling over
trampling
overloading
taxing
putting upon
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to have convinced or manipulated
cutting any ice with
convincing
manipulating
persuading
inveigling
urging
tempting
coercing
finagling
controlling
playing
brainwashing
jockeying
beguiling
swaying
coaxing
steering
exploiting
bribing
directing
counselling
UK
intimidating
dragooning
impelling
compelling
luring
enticing
working
counseling
US
pressurizing
US
working upon
leaning on
prejudicing
pulling strings with
inciting
cajoling
inducing
inclining
talking round
twisting someone's arm
prevailing upon
bringing round
turning
colouring
UK
suborning
bringing pressure to bear on
touching
making yourself felt with
carrying weight with
bringing pressure to bear upon
coloring
US
influencing
pressurising
UK
prompting
encouraging
moving
making
pressing
motivating
instigating
leading
prodding
getting
exhorting
stimulating
inspiring
actuating
pressuring
provoking
goading
prevailing on
spurring
pushing
disposing
triggering
bringing
converting
egging on
firing up
talking into
winning over
forcing
causing
rousing
arousing
exciting
impassioning
stirring
constraining
procuring
impressing
sparking
driving
advising
drawing
pricking
putting the screws on
putting the heat on
propelling
nudging
activating
spurring on
stirring up
wheedling
whipping up
bringing around
putting up to
arguing into
wheedling into
prodding into
selling one on
predisposing
biasing
US
biassing
UK
conditioning
squeezing
steamrolling
bulldozing
adapting
starting
determining
inflaming
initiating
coaxing into
drawing in
cajoling into
piquing
driving on
stinging
kick-starting
soft-soaping
exerting influence on
sweet-talking
sucking in
putting someone up to something
twisting one's arm
making willing
fomenting
bringing about
setting off
kindling
needling
planning
originating
revving up
getting going
suggesting
plotting
hinting
rabble-rousing
scheming
insinuating
rooting on
begging
steaming up
working up
setting on
turning on
adding fuel
making waves
pleading
enjoining
adjuring
beseeching
admonishing
imploring
entreating
requesting
appealing
insisting
asking
nagging
soliciting
manoeuvring
UK
maneuvering
US
sanctioning
proposing
eliciting
rallying
occasioning
countenancing
promoting
rationalising
UK
conjuring
commending
rationalizing
US
advancing
charging
evoking
invigorating
steeling
energizing
US
inspiriting
incentivizing
selling
impacting
uplifting
empowering
emboldening
exhilarating
heartening
galvanizing
US
animating
vitalizing
reasoning
necessitating
incentifying
helping
striking
envigorating
galvanising
UK
energising
UK
refreshing
proselytizing
US
enlisting
propagandizing
US
calling on
pushing for
putting pressure on
insisting on
railroading into
trying to persuade
using pressure on
bulldozing into
psyching up
appealing to
proselytising
UK
propagandising
UK
proselyting
pumping up
suggesting to
turning somebody on to
pressing someone into
working over
pressuring someone into
causing to believe
leading to do
getting round
pleading with
pressurizing into
converting to
reasoning someone into
boosting up
hinting to
pepping up
cheering on
leading to believe
bringing to senses
wearing down
winning argument
gaining confidence of
proving to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to disconcert someone with an unblinking face-to-face confrontation
facing down
confronting
cowing
intimidating
outfacing
overawing
bearding
defying
outstaring
brazening out
facing out
standing up to
staring down
staring out
holding your own
standing your ground
staying the course
sticking to your guns
braving
facing
breasting
outbraving
brazening
daring
squaring up to
beating
overcoming
facing up to
looking straight in the eye
resisting
enduring
bearing
taking
tolerating
sustaining
standing
coping with
grappling with
weathering
withstanding
suffering
tackling
putting up with
handling
fighting
risking
crossing
challenging
taking on
dealing with
courting
swallowing
stomaching
riding out
flying in face of
going up against
standing up against
venturing
prevailing against
living through
standing fast
meeting
encountering
engaging
experiencing
battling
countenancing
eyeballing
opposing
abiding
coming up against
affronting
submitting to
playing against
meeting head-on
squaring off
accosting
making a stand
brooking
playing
allowing
contending with
bracing for
taking the bull by the horns
undergoing
sticking out
sitting through
bearing the brunt of
grinning and bear
braving out
going through
flying in the face of
subjecting oneself to
bracing oneself for
meeting head on
sitting and taking it
resigning oneself to
living out
outdaring
squaring off against
surviving
holding out
sticking fast
holding the line against
hanging on
persevering in the face of
remaining firm
hanging tough
standing firm
going the distance against
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to question or quiz, especially in a thorough or investigative manner
catechizing
examining
interrogating
questioning
grilling
quizzing
cross-examining
pumping
cross-questioning
interviewing
probing
querying
sweating
drilling
sounding out
putting the screws on
worming something out of someone
giving the third degree to
putting through the third degree
Verb
▲
Present participle for to browbeat or reprimand someone harshly, usually in front of other people
slapping down
admonishing
reprimanding
reproaching
scolding
rebuking
deflating
telling off
taking to task
ticking off
putting down
putting someone in their place
taking down a peg or two
having a go at
Verb
▲
Present participle for to shame or humiliate someone
crushing
humbling
humiliating
making someone eat humble pie
putting someone in their place
taking down a peg or two
putting down
cutting down to size
shooting down in flames
making someone eat crow
settling someone's hash
Verb
▲
Present participle for browbeat, destroy with words
crucifying
harrowing
tormenting
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
devastating
torturing
crushing
distressing
mortifying
paining
shattering
wounding
racking
afflicting
bedeviling
US
bedevilling
UK
bothering
hurting deeply
ill-treating
lampooning
ridiculing
smiting
trying
causing agony to
causing pain to
causing suffering to
inflicting anguish on
Verb
▲
Present participle for talk in a loud, aggressive, or indignant way with little effect
blustering
ranting
boasting
swaggering
bragging
bullying
crowing
fulminating
huffing
raving
roaring
spouting
storming
thundering
vaunting
braying
bulldozing
domineering
hectoring
roistering
badgering
blowing
brazening
bridling
bristling
complaining
cowing
gloating
haranguing
intimidating
protesting
puffing
raging
strutting
swelling
threatening
vaporing
wafting
yapping
lording it
showing off
talking big
riding the high horse
shooting off one's mouth
Adjective
▲
Defiantly aggressive or bad-tempered
truculent
belligerent
aggressive
combative
bellicose
contentious
defiant
pugnacious
hostile
antagonistic
bad-tempered
argumentative
confrontational
cross
quarrelsome
scrappy
ill-tempered
obstreperous
sullen
feisty
fierce
rude
surly
uncooperative
violent
agonistic
assaultive
brawly
chippy
discordant
discourteous
disputatious
gladiatorial
ill-natured
militant
stroppy
unpleasant
warlike
aggers
arsey
bolshie
itching
bullying
caustic
cowing
cussed
deadly
destructive
ferocious
fractious
frightening
harsh
hateful
insolent
intimidating
mean
mordacious
mordant
ornery
scathing
sharp
terrifying
terrorising
UK
terrorizing
US
trenchant
vituperous
ready for a fight
spoiling for a fight
cantankerous
contrary
threatening
on the warpath
unfriendly
rebellious
hot-tempered
irascible
inimical
difficult
adversarial
fiery
captious
irritable
oppugnant
refractory
warring
nasty
recalcitrant
fighting
choleric
malevolent
inhospitable
contumacious
litigious
petulant
touchy
unruly
angry
quick-tempered
antipathetic
battling
adverse
unkind
disobedient
rancorous
unsympathetic
offensive
negative
malicious
disputative
spiteful
militaristic
vitriolic
disruptive
provocative
perverse
dissenting
challenging
froward
balky
polemical
factious
disorderly
cavilling
UK
hawkish
loudmouthed
bitter
controversial
polemic
restive
turbulent
rowdy
insubordinate
grumpy
warmongering
undisciplined
wrangling
sabre-rattling
wayward
unmanageable
uncontrollable
bickering
wrathful
biffo
martial
disapproving
virulent
narky
willful
uncongenial
rough
caviling
US
catty
jaundiced
unsociable
unreceptive
awkward
have chip on shoulder
have a bone to pick
testy
grouchy
pettish
mutinous
snappy
jingoistic
wild
vicious
riotous
crabby
huffy
snarly
troublesome
prickly
active
wilful
unwelcoming
resistant
ungovernable
spirited
courageous
spunky
gutsy
noisy
unrestrained
bloodthirsty
intractable
untoward
rebel
recusant
incompliant
dissentious
bold
venomous
alien
adversary
excitable
raucous
querulous
tempestuous
enthusiastic
hot-blooded
pushy
unpropitious
maleficent
biting
malefic
malignant
ructious
hot
flip
ardent
out of hand
salty
brawling
contending
war
thin-skinned
military
out of control
dour
viperous
sour
cold
errant
misbehaving
peevish
badly behaved
at loggerheads
on the outs
have it in for
ill-disposed
ready to fight
having a chip on one's shoulder
up in arms
sulky
bloody-minded
pigheaded
thrawn
ratty
shirty
unhelpful
acrimonious
plucky
determined
contrarious
obstructive
soldierly
gung-ho
naysaying
disagreeable
battleful
sanguinary
attacking
dissentient
poisonous
spiky
opinionated
splenetic
abusive
miffy
exasperated
cruel
hurtful
resentful
vindictive
nonconforming
wrestling
tilting
skirmishing
opposing
self-assertive
itching to fight
assertive
snappish
cranky
fretful
mighty
peppery
soreheaded
vigorous
ill
troublemaking
under arms
irregular
hotheaded
opposed
oppositional
short-tempered
radical
unsettling
disturbing
upsetting
arguesome
ultra-active
two-fisted
forceful
extremist
extreme
combating
impassioned
passionate
churlish
attention-seeking
dissident
conflicting
fanatical
zealous
embattled
distracting
declinatory
refusing
divergent
impatient
objecting
declining
warrish
revolutionary
assertory
unwilling
adversative
accusatorial
allergic
opposite
reluctant
at odds
oppugning
divisive
in arms
out-of-line
disrupting
out-of-order
off-base
looking for trouble
noncompliant
dysfunctional
loud
delinquent
boisterous
uncontrolled
tough
obstinate
foul
sensitive
naughty
ill-disciplined
mischievous
causing trouble
non-compliant
vociferous
uproarious
socially impaired
bad
trying
self-willed
impudent
tiresome
erratic
disturbed
badly-behaved
whiny
pesky
roguish
undisciplinable
ill-behaved
problematic
demanding
troublous
incorrigible
maladjusted
exasperating
unrestrainable
stubborn
irksome
uncompliant
rascally
uncontainable
devilish
wearisome
indocile
clamorous
rampaging
daring
resisting
audacious
lawless
rambunctious
mettlesome
lively
alive
energetic
bubbly
peppy
gritty
frisky
gutty
zestful
game
hearty
intransigent
irrepressible
roisterous
unbridled
rackety
tumultuous
rip-roaring
rumbustious
full-blooded
go-getting
high-strung
full of pep
rampageous
roistering
subversive
piercing
screaming
booming
strepitous
blusterous
raising Cain
disregardful
cheeky
insubmissive
reckless
dareful
sassy
resistive
raising the roof
malign
evil
pernicious
baleful
wicked
critical
injurious
cutting
unfavourable
UK
evil-intentioned
unfavorable
US
harmful
acid
damaging
prejudicial
wounding
waspish
savage
despiteful
detrimental
acerbic
corrosive
deleterious
menacing
vengeful
counter
sarcastic
dangerous
disadvantageous
mortal
disparaging
dirty
barbed
tart
stinging
sardonic
sinister
noxious
astringent
bilious
low
devastating
acrid
pungent
dark
acidulous
brutal
snide
evil-minded
inconsiderate
baneful
hate-filled
grim
severe
derisive
calamitous
cynical
uncharitable
snarky
satirical
inauspicious
scalding
defamatory
discouraging
scornful
tetchy
acidic
satiric
incisive
poor
forbidding
acerb
withering
rival
searing
ill-humored
US
ill-humoured
UK
uncomplimentary
ruinous
murderous
smart-alecky
contemptuous
bad-natured
mocking
vile
jeering
scorching
disavowing
furious
indignant
taunting
smart-mouthed
moody
implacable
vexatious
ominous
snarling
nocuous
hard
dire
blistering
barbarous
unlucky
stern
inopportune
mean-spirited
untimely
awful
smart-aleck
revengeful
unflattering
invasive
obnoxious
ironical
combatant
black
lousy
sneering
competing
derogatory
at war
wretched
envenomed
crabbed
objectionable
shrewish
grudging
vituperative
undermining
unfeeling
crotchety
dyspeptic
grievous
unfortunate
disrespectful
frowning
contumelious
ruthless
joyless
distressing
keen
liverish
backhanded
horrid
scoffing
brusque
needling
scurrilous
saucy
carping
beastly
bothersome
hazardous
repugnant
twitting
chaffing
arrogant
austere
dodgy
disillusioned
morose
perilous
quarrelling
UK
clashing
weisenheiming
regrettable
cheerless
belittling
inimic
annoyed
hellish
censorious
disobliging
backbiting
poison
murder
unpromising
expansionist
disaffected
irate
displeased
unadvantageous
rotten
insensitive
tricky
infelicitous
despicable
merciless
cataclysmic
embittered
slanderous
pitiless
disagreeing
offended
contemptible
damning
unforgiving
aggrieved
enemy
inexpedient
callous
disastrous
louring
shabby
uncaring
quarreling
US
intimidatory
woeful
inconvenient
deplorable
filthy
tight
glowering
catastrophic
brooding
sticky
minatory
heartless
ireful
terrible
pejorative
inhuman
minacious
base
relentless
thoughtless
glum
hard-hearted
thorny
delicate
bleak
curmudgeonly
unappeasable
eggy
annoying
unsafe
insidious
gross
enraged
foreboding
boot-faced
full of hate
hairy
worrying
onerous
arduous
knotty
taxing
ungenerous
peckish
stark
coldhearted
crippling
waxy
execrable
ignominious
dishonorable
US
detestable
currish
accidentally on purpose
inhumane
cold-blooded
sadistic
dishonourable
UK
low-down
problematical
ticklish
punishing
precarious
chancy
worrisome
concerning
iffy
not nice
low-minded
dubious
questionable
spartan
suspect
unsparing
frosty
prejudicious
counterproductive
spleenful
squint-eyed
stabbing
razor-edged
smouldering
UK
standoffish
bearish
of evil intent
coruscating
burning
scowling
artful
grumbling
bodeful
scathy
strident
viperish
toxicant
ignoble
paltry
sordid
divided
split
invading
compassionless
corrupting
atrabilious
peeved
aspersive
corruptive
sulphurous
UK
sulfurous
US
cold-hearted
ill-timed
corrupt
colonialistic
imperialistic
insulted
begruding
sore
treacherous
complaining
scratchy
dripping venom
wrought up
prepared for war
in the midst of battle
at swords' points
uncool
envious
petty
unkindly
unamiable
uncivil
ill-intentioned
vexed
irked
piqued
irritated
carnivorous
discontented
crusty
full of spleen
full of gall
gloomy
temperamental
aggravated
short-fused
on a short fuse
incursive
hardhearted
unchristian
galled
provoked
smoldering
US
avenging
sorehead
whingy
whingeing
extremely critical
invalidating
trigger-happy
outraged
not conducive
inimicable
pointed
snaky
disharmonious
insurrectionary
seditious
sectarian
schismatic
lamentable
dyslogistic
depreciative
unprofitable
depreciatory
slighting
downside
detracting
debit-side
sparring
striking
unhappy
sharp-tongued
on edge
unaccommodating
uptight
discrediting
irreconcilable
anti
assaulting
assailing
fire-eating
headstrong
at daggers drawn
paramilitary
soldierlike
battle-hardened
lethal
incendiary
imperilling
UK
unhealthy
unwholesome
imperiling
US
afflictive
toxic
undesirable
feral
punitive
grudge-bearing
unwelcome
tragic
fuming
malcontent
estranged
insurgent
alienated
partisan
unrelenting
unreasonable
abrasive
serious
steely
somber
US
unsocial
distasteful
unacceptable
asocial
obdurate
mulish
capricious
against
on the debit side
untamed
brutish
ill-boding
barbaric
retaliatory
fatal
cataclysmal
angerful
ranting
bristly
raving
psyched up
frenzied
tense
in a temper
gruff
convulsed
arch
odious
renitent
full of dislike
loathsome
intrusive
rapacious
humourless
UK
humorless
US
desperate
nefarious
villainous
serpentine
monstrous
depraved
uncivilised
UK
fiendish
abhorrent
uncivilized
US
abandoned
thirsting for revenge
out for revenge
tragical
heartbreaking
distressful
heartrending
miserable
contrariant
nonconformist
paradoxical
pervicacious
uncompromising
inflexible
hardline
remorseless
inexorable
at variance
macho
sociopathic
on the attack
wrongheaded
converse
sombre
UK
solemn
unfair
reproachful
condemnatory
deprecatory
catastrophal
dreadful
bull-headed
pig-headed
cross-grained
unmerciful
unpitying
blunt
hostile to
averse to
inimical to
opposed to
unyielding
unsmiling
flinty
cast-iron
ungentle
no-nonsense
mortified
stony
criticizing
US
reproving
fateful
shattering
frightful
horrible
antisocial
sworn
honest
candid
unenthusiastic about
disapprobatory
denunciatory
denouncing
dissatisfied
condemning
at each other's throats
straightforward
realistic
beyond the pale
disinclined to accept
reluctant to accept
unwilling to accept
dead set against
ill-fated
outspoken
judgmental
slating
knocking
scummy
unsatisfactory
tardy
late
malapropos
wrong
improper
unseemly
unfit
discommodious
inadvisable
unseasonable
unsuited
faultfinding
unappealing
insulting
criticising
UK
full of reproof
ill-advised
warts and all
straight from the shoulder
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Causing fear or terror
intimidating
alarming
frightening
terrifying
fearsome
scary
hair-raising
daunting
dire
direful
dismaying
dread
dreadful
fearful
forbidding
formidable
frightful
ghastly
horrendous
horrible
horrifying
menacing
redoubtable
shocking
spine-chilling
terrible
unnerving
baleful
bloodcurdling
spooky
aggressive
bullying
nerve-racking
overwhelming
pressuring
terrorising
UK
terrorizing
US
threatening
unapproachable
disturbing
chilling
sinister
disquieting
petrifying
ominous
distressing
creepy
appalling
awful
awesome
dangerous
mean-looking
worrying
startling
upsetting
unsettling
demoralizing
US
scaring
hairy
grim
discouraging
foreboding
off-putting
disheartening
awe-inspiring
dispiriting
demoralising
UK
disconcerting
depressing
horrid
eerie
harrowing
minacious
warning
minatory
blood-curdling
spine-tingling
unpleasant
distressful
brooding
tense
worrisome
inauspicious
bodeful
imposing
perturbing
powerful
monstrous
admonitory
uninviting
minatorial
comminatory
cautionary
disagreeable
offensive
fraught
anxious
nail-biting
taxing
doomy
ill-boding
portentous
ill
black
restless
agitating
nervous
uneasy
intimidatory
looming
challenging
severe
hostile
impressive
glowering
lowering
overhanging
gloomy
tremendous
unwelcoming
fateful
unpropitious
baneful
unlucky
apocalyptic
inhospitable
bleak
uncomfortable
strong
rough
tough
dismal
repulsive
imminent
ugly
nightmarish
ferocious
eldritch
dark
hideous
macabre
causing fear
strong-arm
feared
crushing
disappointing
dreaded
awkward
embarrassing
nerve-wracking
dampening
solemn
shuddersome
mighty
barro
distracting
discomforting
traumatic
distasteful
unappealing
disgusting
thrilling
hellacious
calamitous
godawful
commanding
doughty
invincible
indomitable
resolute
harsh
objectionable
unappetizing
unpalatable
unsavoury
UK
repellent
unattractive
nasty
afraid
striking
massive
pulse-pounding
breathtaking
exciting
gruesome
unfriendly
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
shivery
shuddery
valiant
terrific
portending
near
unsafe
close
impendent
upcoming
lowery
loury
scowling
impending
forthcoming
ghostly
weird
unearthly
bullyboy
obnoxious
bad
adverse
disadvantageous
austere
confronting
troublesome
exacting
fazing
courageous
brave
unpromising
evil-looking
overpowering
hair-curling
cliff-hanging
suspenseful
extraordinary
dour
hard
fierce
rugged
rebarbative
causing excitement
at hand
negative
stark
jarring
odious
life-threatening
perilous
thunderous
untoward
suggestive of evil
louring
unsavory
US
approaching
all-powerful
trying
stressful
difficult
panicky
exasperating
gut-wrenching
aggravating
harassing
irritating
annoying
irksome
anxious-making
maddening
violent
forced
forceful
coercive
forcible
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Adjective
▲
Tough and exacting in one's expectations or treatment of others
hard
harsh
tough
cruel
fierce
ruthless
brutal
callous
cold
grim
intense
merciless
stern
strict
uncompromising
authoritarian
exacting
pitiless
severe
unsparing
affectless
bullying
cold-blooded
gruff
heartless
heavy-handed
hostile
implacable
inclement
no-nonsense
oppressive
relentless
remorseless
stoney
tyrannical
unbending
unfeeling
unkind
unrelenting
unsympathetic
cold-hearted
compassionless
desensitised
UK
desensitized
US
hardhearted
hard-hearted
insensitive
ironfisted
ironhearted
mean
stonyhearted
stony-hearted
uncharitable
unforgiving
unmerciful
take-no-prisoners
stringent
firm
draconian
rigorous
dour
drastic
austere
rigid
grave
hard-nosed
extreme
resolute
dire
hard-line
steadfast
inexorable
unyielding
hardheaded
obdurate
mulish
hardened
ossified
formidable
solid
single-minded
ascetical
autocratic
disciplinary
hard-core
determined
stiff-necked
imperious
rough
immovable
unflinching
intractable
by the book
disciplinarian
domineering
pressing
iron-fisted
resolved
obstinate
stiff
ascetic
bullheaded
demanding
astringent
inflexible
absolute
dyed-in-the-wool
dogged
inhuman
stony
inhumane
hard-boiled
indurate
soulless
case-hardened
pachydermatous
insensate
thick-skinned
uncaring
slash-and-burn
savage
unpitying
unemotional
rugged
unfriendly
uncompassionate
barbarous
indifferent
steely
flinty
unmoved
bitter
adamant
with a heart of stone
heavy
sadistic
inconsiderate
murderous
unconcerned
frigid
lacking compassion
forbidding
unresponsive
stubborn
icy
adamantine
hardhanded
headstrong
cool
grievous
onerous
ferocious
nasty
hard-bitten
coldhearted
vicious
intransigent
ramrod
barbaric
apathetic
aloof
strong
trying
unappeasable
excruciating
searing
burdensome
bleak
hard as nails
intolerant
chilly
unpleasant
serious
wilful
perverse
pertinacious
opinionated
willful
excessive
frosty
toughened
punitive
pigheaded
inconvincible
brutish
cynical
pat
forceful
self-willed
self-opinionated
solemn
marble-hearted
thoughtless
unsmiling
indurated
monstrous
repellent
sombre
UK
somber
US
truculent
unloving
intimidating
louring
unremitting
ungentle
unwelcoming
lowering
punishing
stark
illiberal
mean-spirited
mortal
despotic
surly
inured
vindictive
cutthroat
unsentimental
violent
unsusceptible
untouched
disinterested
hurtful
fell
sharp
impenetrable
fiendish
hardy
bestial
wild
inhospitable
bloodless
cut-throat
obtuse
disagreeable
lukewarm
beastly
as hard as nails
abusive
dog-eat-dog
impervious
bloodthirsty
distant
curt
tyrannous
churlish
unfair
unaffected
repressive
feral
impassive
evil
insensible
wicked
fixed
malevolent
unwavering
unshakeable
sour
sturdy
resistant
gloomy
frozen
wintry
US
wanton
cast-iron
sober
tactless
crass
aggressive
hard-headed
uncordial
matter-of-fact
bad
disdainful
menacing
weighty
coarse
mean-looking
brute
sanguinary
feelingless
repugnant
halfhearted
aversive
unkindly
hard-edged
butcherly
wintery
UK
unapproachable
hateful
antipathetic
unrefined
really hard
malignant
swingeing
unstirred
irreconcilable
dreary
arch
as tough as old boots
rude
ungracious
biting
exorbitant
brusque
deadly
dictatorial
avaricious
greedy
indelicate
depressing
desperate
rapacious
unjust
foul
abrasive
bony
without sentiment
overweening
wolfish
raw
selfish
suppressive
spiritless
inelegant
off-putting
reserved
unswerving
ungenerous
uninviting
stormy
sedate
staid
robust
loveless
sullen
dispassionate
diabolical
overbearing
spiteful
glacial
resilient
deadened
humourless
UK
humorless
US
comfortless
sworn
earnest
morose
hardline
imperturbable
tempestuous
high-handed
insusceptible
sobersided
uncomic
uncivil
heinous
invulnerable
vigorous
stout
poker-faced
wounding
intemperate
malicious
cold fish
dirty
filthy
threatening
gray
US
grey
UK
seasoned
cantankerous
stone-hearted
atrocious
gelid
powerful
coercive
bound
unmovable
squally
gritty
world-weary
dismal
hard-shelled
unimpressionable
unrepenting
unchristian
blustery
unamiable
chill
clammy
cold-eyed
haughty
antiseptic
hard-eyed
brittle
arctic
coldish
indefatigable
turbulent
dastardly
inattentive
two-fisted
emotionless
crabbed
glum
furious
windy
set
raging
discouraging
hard-as-nails
benumbed
flagitious
egregious
imperceptive
incompliant
sulky
po-faced
hellish
incurious
lacking sentiment
boisterous
uncontrollable
locked in
fearsome
terrible
dead set on
bound and determined
set in stone
frightful
toughened by experience
uncongenial
fearful
unhappy
wretched
abhorrent
rancorous
revengeful
killer
detached
casehardened
uncommiserating
dead
formal
without pity
stonehearted
radical
Draconian
rowdy
heedless
lifeless
hatchetjob
coldblooded
satanic
petrified
constant
vengeful
summary
self-centred
UK
mechanical
tormenting
maleficent
torturous
stuffy
punitory
premeditated
torpid
impenitent
careless
insentient
stingy
stolid
arbitrary
uncomfortable
discomforting
antagonistic
fossilized
US
rigidified
brassbound
depraved
unnatural
passionless
undemonstrative
killer instinct
utilitarian
inexpressive
faceless
subhuman
armour-plated
unbendable
very hard
censorious
hard-hitting
unempathetic
anaesthetized
UK
crotchety
anesthetized
US
sensationless
bloody
unregenerate
uncontrite
remote
uncompliant
immoderate
undue
inordinate
crippling
appalling
snide
businesslike
fossilised
UK
self-centered
US
unsympathizing
out-and-out
unbreakable
deaf to
blind to
frowning
uncommunicative
shabby
ill-natured
upsetting
unconscionable
towering
intolerable
steep
uncalled-for
mean machine
accustomed
habituated
having a killer instinct
critical
impassible
very severe
unfaltering
at each other's throats
unsensitive
oblivious
overextravagant
extravagant
insane
plethoric
baroque
overmuch
overdue
devilish
rough-hewn
refractory
immutable
pugnacious
with a hide like an elephant
to the death
catty
hard to please
inept
undiplomatic
bungling
disapproving
ungraceful
great
deaf to reason
not nice
ill
inured to
OTT
overstrict
hard-shell
experienced
dogmatic
unflexible
crisp
doctrinaire
unswayable
cannibalistic
malign
joyless
cheerless
drear
miserable
melancholic
hard-faced
dejected
saturnine
ugly
undemocratic
assiduous
unflagging
unstoppable
tireless
sedulous
stalwart
cutting
crushing
overwhelming
rainy
freezing
acclimatized
US
coarsened
used
do or die
dug in
hold the fort
standing pat
sticking to one's guns
hold your ground
standing one's ground
hold the line
dangerous
desolate
caustic
snowy
wet
drizzly
damp
anti-democratic
fit
feisty
grumpy
sinister
cross
grasping
pounding
tenacious
unabated
insistent
brick-wall
untamed
fiery
over the top
inaccessible
acclimatised
UK
steeled
contemptuous
irreverent
unashamed
unsubmissive
impious
prepared
peremptory
blank
scowling
uncouth
grating
doughty
craggy
unruly
expressionless
water-resistant
waterproof
deadpan
godforsaken
dispiriting
ironhanded
worrying
stressful
backbreaking
depressive
distressing
exigent
confining
headache
disheartening
troublesome
hefty
troubling
superincumbent
taxing
rabid
unrestrained
loutish
crude
uncultured
vitriolic
splenetic
glowering
crusty
grouchy
usurious
bloodsucking
hanging tough
unplacatable
iron-handed
unmollifiable
inescapable
unpacifiable
tough as old boots
self-assertive
red-blooded
high-powered
self-confident
impetuous
delirious
convulsive
frightening
baleful
adverse
earthy
annoying
irritating
acerbic
bad-tempered
raving
enraged
incessive
undomesticated
shrewd
practical
realistic
vulgar
blunt
impolite
rough going
galling
frantic
infuriated
angry
crazed
mad
horrible
unenthusiastic
standoffish
predatory
ineluctable
ill-tempered
down-to-earth
boorish
discourteous
ill-bred
acerb
tigerish
venomous
biffo
animalistic
primitive
aggers
Rhadamanthine
protected
immune to
unaffected by
repellent of
impervious to
immune
unsusceptible to
invulnerable to
unchangeable
immobile
necessary
ironclad
compulsory
boot-faced
ribald
oafish
lewd
unpolished
obscene
uncultivated
indecent
profane
offensive
indecorous
bluff
ill-mannered
unmannerly
spiky
argumentative
osseous
skeletal
anatomical
compacted
packed
hard-handed
compact
rocky
iron
concentrated
consolidated
compressed
grabby
blood-sucking
money-grubbing
bearish
roughcast
gross
vulgarian
bawdy
tumultuous
cold as ice
mean business
bad-mannered
untutored
cyclonic
acute
gusty
no going back
hell bent on
tasteless
lowbrow
lowbred
improper
foul-mouthed
artless
unceremonious
common
loud
hard to take
extortionate
corrupt
torrid
volatile
blistering
bumpy
thundery
thunderous
howling
hellacious
roughneck
incult
unladylike
ungentlemanly
raffish
imperviable to
proof against
rubbing the wrong way
like death and taxes
explosive
typhonic
blustering
almighty
frenzied
intensive
devastating
swirling
dreadful
choppy
destructive
restless
roaring
exquisite
ghastly
stormful
storming
chaotic
heavy-duty
volcanic
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Noun
▲
The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats
intimidation
bullying
alarming
coercion
menacing
scaring
terrifying
terrorization
arm-twisting
domineering
pressure
pressuring
pressurising
UK
pressurizing
US
subduing
unnerving
cowing
daunting
frightening
harassment
harrying
hounding
menaces
oppression
persecution
plaguing
pressurisation
UK
pressurization
US
terrorising
UK
terrorizing
US
threatening
tormenting
tyrannization
bulldozing
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
extortion
fear
railroading
steamrollering
threats
scare tactics
strong-arm tactics
menace
threat
strong-arm tactic
warning
blackmail
ultimatum
fulmination
commination
fearmongering
thunder
intimidating remark
scare tactic
duress
force
compulsion
constraint
threatening remark
intimidatory remark
enforcement
demand
insistence
influence
restraint
persuasion
violence
strong-arming
strong arm tactics
obligation
exaction
driving
duty
force majeure
strong arm
pestering
nagging
goading
provocation
entreaty
badgering
foul play
requirement
power
sway
pains
conscription
imprisonment
ambush
terrorism
hardship
captivity
confinement
incarceration
necessity
discipline
detention
bondage
control
goad
spur
spring
impelling
motive
impulsion
reign of terror
shakedown
conscience
extraction
rapacity
squeezing
entrapment
squeeze
urgency
engrossment
prepossession
craving
monkey
hang-up
exigency
preoccupation
demanding money with menaces
have on the brain
tiger by the tail
more ❯
Noun
▲
Psychological conflict
war of nerves
demoralisation
UK
demoralization
US
intimidation
psychological warfare
saber-rattling
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