browbeating

  • 81coercion — [n] compulsion, pressure browbeating, bullying, constraint, duress, force, intimidation, menace, menacing, persuasion, restraint, strong arm tactic*, threat, threatening, violence; concepts 14,68 …

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  • 82truculent — [adj] belligerent, hateful abusive, aggressive, antagonistic, bad tempered, barbarous, bellicose, browbeating, brutal, bullying, caustic, combative, contentious, contumelious, cowing, cross, defiant, ferocious, fierce, frightening, harsh, hostile …

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  • 83browbeat — [brou′bēt΄] vt. browbeat, browbeaten, browbeating to intimidate with harsh, stern looks and talk; bully …

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  • 84bold-beating — /bōldˈbētˈing/ (Shakespeare) adjective Possibly for ‘bowl beating’ ie tub thumping, or a conflation of ↑bold and ↑browbeating …

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  • 85KANTOR, MICHAEL — ( Mickey ; 1939– ), U.S. lawyer and lobbyist. Kantor was U.S. representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and then as secretary of commerce in the Clinton administration served as a staunch advocate of free trade and a tireless foe of… …

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