Pressure - English meaning

noun

Behaviour in which you try to make someone do something by threats or by persuading them forcefully

Usage examples:

The vote was won only as the result of much arm-twisting by the government.

noun

A heavily built omnivorous nocturnal mammal of the weasel family, typically having a grey and black coat.

Usage examples:

They do, however, both belong to the same mustelidae family which also encompasses badgers, skunks …

verb

Repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester.

Usage examples:

Tom had finally badgered her into going

noun

An animal that digs holes in the ground, where it lives, and comes out at night to feed

Usage examples:

He badgered officials at the american embassy to help.

verb

Repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester.

Usage examples:

Tom had finally badgered her into going

noun

A heavily built omnivorous nocturnal mammal of the weasel family, typically having a grey and black coat.

Usage examples:

They do, however, both belong to the same mustelidae family which also encompasses badgers, skunks …

noun

A native of wisconsin.

noun

A thick stick with a heavy end, used as a weapon.

Usage examples:

Maces and spiked bludgeons

verb

Beat (someone) repeatedly with a bludgeon or other heavy object.

Usage examples:

She was found bludgeoned to death in the basement

verb

To hit someone hard and repeatedly with a heavy weapon

Usage examples:

He was bludgeoned to death.

verb

Pressurize (someone) into adopting radically different beliefs by using systematic and often forcible means.

Usage examples:

People are brainwashed into believing family life is the best

verb

Intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words.

Usage examples:

A witness is being browbeaten under cross-examination

verb

To ask or demand continually that someone do something

Usage examples:

He objected that mcdonald was browbeating the witness.

verb

To try to force someone to do something by threatening them or persuading them forcefully and unfairly

Usage examples:

Be browbeaten into something/doing something don't be browbeaten into working more hours than you w…

verb

Clear (ground) or destroy (buildings, trees, etc.) with a bulldozer.

Usage examples:

Developers are bulldozing the site

verb

To destroy buildings and make an area flat with a bulldozer

Usage examples:

The township was bulldozed in the 1950s.

verb

To force someone to do something, although they might not want to

Usage examples:

Bulldoze someone into something/doing something she bulldozed her daughter into buying a new dress.…

noun

A person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable.

Usage examples:

He is a ranting, domineering bully

verb

Seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable).

Usage examples:

Her 11- year-old son has been constantly bullied at school

adjective

Very good; excellent.

Usage examples:

The statue really looked bully

verb

Persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats.

Usage examples:

He was coerced into giving evidence

verb

To persuade someone forcefully to do something that he or she may not want to do

Usage examples:

I don’t think anybody should be coerced into leaving., they used threats and coercion to keep the o…

verb

To persuade someone forcefully to do something that they are unwilling to do

Usage examples:

Be coerced into the court heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession.

noun

The practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats.

Usage examples:

Our problem cannot be solved by any form of coercion but only by agreement

noun

The use of force to persuade someone to do something that they are unwilling to do

Usage examples:

He claimed the police had used coercion, threats, and promises to obtain the statement illegally.

noun

The action or state of forcing or being forced to do something; constraint.

Usage examples:

The payment was made under compulsion

noun

A very strong feeling of wanting to do something repeatedly that is difficult to control

Usage examples:

For many people, dieting is a compulsion., [ + to infinitive ] i seem to have a constant compulsion…

noun

A force that makes you do something

Usage examples:

He seems to be driven by some kind of inner compulsion., [ + to infinitive ] we were under no compu…

noun

A limitation or restriction.

Usage examples:

Time constraints make it impossible to do everything

noun

Something that limits the range of a person’s actions or freedom

Usage examples:

In egypt, the biggest constraint on new agricultural production is water.

noun

Something that controls what you can do by keeping you within particular limits

Usage examples:

The constraint of distribution costs remains the severest of all., budget/financial, etc. constrain…

noun

An insistent and peremptory request, made as of right.

Usage examples:

A series of demands for far-reaching reforms

verb

Ask authoritatively or brusquely.

Usage examples:

‘where is she?’ he demanded

verb

To ask for forcefully, in a way that shows that refusal is not expected and will not be accepted

Usage examples:

[ t ] the library demanded $5 for each book returned late., [ + to infinitive ] i demand to see the…

noun

A member of any of several cavalry regiments in the british army.

Usage examples:

From the calibre of those we recover we can tell whether they were fired by musketeers, cavalry, dr…

verb

Coerce (someone) into doing something.

Usage examples:

She had been dragooned into helping with the housework

noun

In the past, a soldier who rode on a horse and carried a gun

noun

Threats, violence, constraints, or other action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will or better judgement.

Usage examples:

Confessions extracted under duress

noun

Threats used to force a person to do something

Usage examples:

He signed the contract under duress.

noun

Threats used to force someone to do something

Usage examples:

Clarke's defence involved claims of duress and allegations he had been framed by the police., he cl…

noun

The act of compelling observance of or compliance with a law, rule, or obligation.

Usage examples:

The strict enforcement of environmental regulations

noun

The process of making sure that people obey something such as a law or rule

Usage examples:

Enforcement of sth firms in member states where enforcement of regulations is weaker could have an …

noun

The process of making people obey a law or rule, or making a particular situation happen or be accepted

Usage examples:

Voters support the enforcement of immigration laws., when a holding penalty is called in american f…

noun

An earnest or humble request.

Usage examples:

The king turned a deaf ear to his entreaties

noun

An attempt to persuade someone to do something

Usage examples:

She refused to become involved with him despite his passionate entreaties.

noun

Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.

Usage examples:

He was thrown backwards by the force of the explosion

verb

Make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force.

Usage examples:

The back door of the bank was forced

noun

A waterfall.

Usage examples:

At the village of west burton, two miles distant, is a fine force

verb

Provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction.

Usage examples:

He was trying to goad her into a fight

noun

A spiked stick used for driving cattle.

Usage examples:

The ripon report suggests widespread use of sticks and electric goads, and says that some animals h…

verb

To make a person or an animal react or do something by continuously annoying or upsetting them

Usage examples:

Goad someone into something she seemed determined to goad him into a fight., he refused to be goade…

verb

Provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction.

Usage examples:

He was trying to goad her into a fight

noun

A spiked stick used for driving cattle.

Usage examples:

The ripon report suggests widespread use of sticks and electric goads, and says that some animals h…

verb

Present participle of goad

verb

Subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation.

Usage examples:

Being harassed at work can leave you feeling confused and helpless

verb

Annoy continually or chronically

verb

To annoy or trouble someone repeatedly

Usage examples:

He claimed that the police continued to harass foreign journalists., she felt she was being harasse…

noun

Aggressive pressure or intimidation.

Usage examples:

They face daily harassment and assault on the streets

noun

Behavior that annoys or troubles someone

Usage examples:

Complaints of sexual harassment (= offensive sexual suggestions or actions) in the workplace have i…

noun

Illegal behaviour towards a person that causes mental or emotional suffering, which includes repeated unwanted contacts without a reasonable purpose, insults, threats, touching, or offensive language

Usage examples:

The company investigated claims of workplace harassment and racial discrimination., victims of hara…

verb

Persistently carry out attacks on (an enemy or an enemy's territory).

Usage examples:

The raiders then spent three months harrying and burning the area

verb

To repeatedly demand something from someone, often causing them to feel worried or angry

Usage examples:

She harried the authorities, writing letters and gathering petitions.

verb

Persistently carry out attacks on (an enemy or an enemy's territory).

Usage examples:

The raiders then spent three months harrying and burning the area

verb

Present participle of harry

Usage examples:

She harried the authorities, writing letters and gathering petitions.

verb

To repeatedly demand something from someone, often causing them to feel worried or angry

Usage examples:

She harried the authorities, writing letters and gathering petitions.

noun

A dog of a breed used for hunting, especially one able to track by scent.

Usage examples:

A hound came running through the trees, nose to the ground

verb

Harass, persecute, or pursue relentlessly.

Usage examples:

She was hounded by the italian press

noun

A type of dog used for hunting

noun

The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself.

Usage examples:

The influence of television violence

verb

Have an influence on.

Usage examples:

Government regulations can influence behaviour, but often without changing underlying values and mo…

verb

A power to affect persons or events

noun

The fact or quality of insisting that something is the case or should be done.

Usage examples:

Alison's insistence on doing the washing-up straight after the meal

noun

The act of stating or demanding something forcefully

Usage examples:

At his insistence, i continued living with my mother., her insistence that he bring her took him by…

noun

An occasion when you demand something and refuse to accept opposition, or when you say firmly that something is true

Usage examples:

Insistence on insistence on better working conditions by the union has resulted in fewer employee a…

verb

Frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants.

Usage examples:

The forts are designed to intimidate the population

Compel or deter by or as if by threats

verb

To frighten or threaten someone, usually in order to persuade them to do something that you want them to do

Usage examples:

They were intimidated into accepting a pay cut by the threat of losing their jobs.

noun

The action of intimidating someone, or the state of being intimidated.

Usage examples:

The intimidation of witnesses and jurors

noun

The action of frightening or threatening someone, usually in order to persuade them to do something that you want them to do

Usage examples:

The campaign of violence and intimidation against them intensifies daily., as the election approach…

verb

Harass (someone) constantly to do something that they are averse to.

Usage examples:

She constantly nags her daughter about getting married

noun

A person who nags someone.

Usage examples:

We don't want to be perceived as nags or, worse still, incompetent.

noun

A horse, especially one that is old or in poor health.

Usage examples:

The old nag the lad fetched smelled sweaty

adjective

(of a person) constantly harassing someone to do something.

Usage examples:

I wanted to get away from my nagging parents

verb

Harass (someone) constantly to do something that they are averse to.

Usage examples:

She constantly nags her daughter about getting married

adjective

Annoying or worrying you because it does not completely stop

Usage examples:

She has a nagging cough.

noun

Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority.

Usage examples:

A region shattered by oppression and killing

noun

A situation in which people are governed in an unfair and cruel way and prevented from having opportunities and freedom

Usage examples:

Every human being has the right to freedom from oppression., war, famine and oppression have forced…

verb

Induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.

Usage examples:

It wasn't easy, but i persuaded him to do the right thing

verb

Cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief

verb

Trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions.

Usage examples:

She constantly pestered him with telephone calls

verb

To annoy someone by doing or asking for something repeatedly

Usage examples:

The kids keep pestering me to buy them a new video game.

verb

Trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions.

Usage examples:

She constantly pestered him with telephone calls

preposition

Previous to; before.

Usage examples:

The tree was almost certainly planted pre 1700

prefix

Before (in time, place, order, degree, or importance).

Usage examples:

Pre-adolescent

verb

Move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force.

Usage examples:

He pressed his face to the glass

noun

A device for applying pressure to something in order to flatten or shape it or to extract juice or oil.

Usage examples:

A flower press

noun

A forcible enlistment of men, especially for the navy.

Usage examples:

Any english-speaking, able-bodied, man on leave in a port might find himself swept up in the press.

verb

Produce or maintain raised pressure artificially in (a gas or its container).

Usage examples:

The mixture was pressurized to 1,900 atmospheres

verb

To keep the air pressure in a submarine, plane, etc. at a level that is suitable for breathing

Usage examples:

He was pressurized into signing the agreement.

verb

Poke with a finger, foot, or pointed object.

Usage examples:

He prodded her in the ribs

noun

A poke with a finger, foot, or pointed object.

Usage examples:

He gave the wire netting an experimental prod

noun

(especially in ireland) a protestant.

noun

Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately.

Usage examples:

You should remain calm and not respond to provocation

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

She pushed her glass towards him

noun

An act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

He closed the door with a push

verb

Move with force, "he pushed the table into a corner"

verb

Firmly press (something soft or yielding), typically with one's fingers.

Usage examples:

Kate squeezed his hand affectionately

noun

An act of squeezing something.

Usage examples:

A gentle squeeze of the trigger

Press firmly