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pushing around
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbal attack |
| Synonyms: | bad-mouthing, blame, castigation, censure, curse, curses, defamation, derision, hosing, insults, invective, kicking around, knifing, libel, obloquy, opprobrium, pushing around, put-down, quinine, reproach, revilement, scolding, signifying, slander, swearing, tirade, upbraiding, vilification, vituperation |
| Notes: | abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it |
| Antonyms: | acclamation, adulation, approval, commendation, plaudit, praise |
| Main Entry: | cow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | browbeat, intimidate |
| Synonyms: | abash, appall, awe, bludgeon, bluster, buffalo, bulldoze, bully, daunt, discomfit, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, dragoon, embarrass, enforce, faze, frighten, hector, lean on, overawe, push around, rattle, scare, showboat, strong-arm, subdue, terrorize, turn on the heat, unnerve, walk heavy |
| Antonyms: | encourage, hearten, inspirit |
| Main Entry: | impress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence |
| Synonyms: | affect, arouse, awe, be conspicuous, blow away, buffalo, bulldoze, carry, electrify, enforce, enthuse, excite, faze, galvanize, get*, grab, grandstand, inspire, kill*, knock out, make a hit, make an impression, make splash, move, overawe, pique, provoke, push around, register, score, show off, slay, stimulate, stir, strike, sway, thrill, touch* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intimidate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frighten, threaten |
| Synonyms: | alarm, appall, awe, badger, bait, bludgeon, bluster, bowl over, browbeat, buffalo, bulldoze, bully, chill, coerce, compel, constrain, cow*, daunt, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, disquiet, dragoon, enforce, force, hound, lean on, oblige, overawe, push around, ride*, ruffle, scare, showboat, spook, strong-arm, subdue, terrify, terrorize, twist someone's arm |
| Antonyms: | assist, encourage, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jostle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bump, shake |
| Synonyms: | bang into, bulldoze, bump heads, butt*, crash, crowd, elbow, hustle, jab, jog, joggle, jolt, nudge, press, push, push around, push aside, rough and tumble, scramble, shoulder, shove, squeeze, thrust |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | manage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accomplish |
| Synonyms: | achieve, arrange, bring about, bring off, carry out, con*, contrive, cook*, cope with, deal with, doctor*, effect, engineer, execute, finagle, fix, jockey, plant*, play games, pull strings, push around, put one over, rig, scam*, succeed, swing, upstage, wangle, work |
| Antonyms: | fail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maneuver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, scheme |
| Synonyms: | angle, beguile, cheat, come up with, con*, conspire, contrive, cook, design, devise, doctor, engineer, exploit, fence, finagle, finesse, go around, intrigue, jockey, leave holding the bag, machinate, manage, manipulate, move, navigate, operate, play, play games, plot, proceed, pull strings, push around, put one over, rig, scam, sham, shift, trick, upstage, wangle, work |
| Antonyms: | neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | manipulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change to suit one's desire |
| Synonyms: | beguile, conduct, control, direct, engineer, exploit, finagle, finesse, guide, handle, influence, jockey, machinate, maneuver, massage, mold, negotiate, play, play games, pull strings, pull wires, push around, shape, steer, upstage, use |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
| Main Entry: | menace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, frighten |
| Synonyms: | alarm, bad-eye, browbeat, bully, chill, compromise, endanger, hazard, impend, imperil, intimidate, jeopardize, lean on, loom, lower, overhang, peril, portend, push around, put heat on, risk, scare, scare hell out of, spook, terrorize, threaten, torment, whip around |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help |
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