browbeating

abusive aggressive antagonistic bad-tempered barbarous bellicose brutal bullying caustic combative contentious contumelious cowing cross defiant ferocious fierce frightening harsh hostile inhuman inhumane intimidating invective mean militant mordacious mordant obstreperous opprobrious ornery pugnacious quarrelsome rude savage scathing scrappy scurrilous sharp sullen terrifying terrorizing trenchant violent vituperative vituperous

cooperative gentle mild nice tame

duress intimidation persuasion

bullying constraint force menace restraint threat violence

menacing strong-arm tactic threatening

coercion

frightening

cowing daunting demoralizing scare tactics terrorizing threatening

demoralization intimidation psychological warfare saber-rattling