All dragoon synonyms
draΒ·goon
D d verb dragoon
- terrify β to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
- start β to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- pick on β to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pursue β to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).
- injure β to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- maltreat β to treat or handle badly, cruelly, or roughly; abuse: to maltreat a prisoner.
- outrage β an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
- molest β to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- victimize β to make a victim of.
- speed β rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- shock β a thick, bushy mass, as of hair.
- horrify β to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
- cow β A cow is a large female animal that is kept on farms for its milk. People sometimes refer to male and female animals of this species as cows.
- frighten β to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
- bludgeon β To bludgeon someone means to hit them several times with a heavy object.
- threaten β to utter a threat against; menace: He threatened the boy with a beating.
- bluster β If you say that someone is blustering, you mean that they are speaking aggressively but without authority, often because they are angry or offended.
- overawe β to restrain or subdue by inspiring awe; intimidate: He often uses that imperious scowl to overawe his subordinates.
- overbear β to bear over or down by weight or force: With his superior strength he easily overbore his opponent in the fight.
- menace β something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- swagger β to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air.
- showboat β a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- buffalo β A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
- hinder β to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- force β physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- urge β to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
- oblige β to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
- make β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- drive β to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- impel β to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- beset β If someone or something is beset by problems or fears, they have many problems or fears which affect them severely.
- push β to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- constrain β To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
- restrict β to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- pressurize β to raise the internal atmospheric pressure of to the required or desired level: to pressurize an astronaut's spacesuit before a walk in space.
- concuss β to injure (the brain) by a violent blow, fall, etc
- restrain β to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- squeeze β to press forcibly together; compress.
- hustle β to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- dismay β to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble; dishearten thoroughly; daunt: The surprise attack dismayed the enemy.
- discomfit β to confuse and deject; disconcert: to be discomfited by a question.
- disconcert β to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
- abash β to cause to feel ill at ease, embarrassed, or confused; make ashamed
- awe β Awe is the feeling of respect and amazement that you have when you are faced with something wonderful and often rather frightening.
- scare β to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- muster β to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
- impress β to press or force into public service, as sailors.
- indite β to compose or write, as a poem.
- induct β to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies: The committee inducted her as president.
noun dragoon
- squadron β a portion of a naval fleet or a detachment of warships; a subdivision of a fleet.