domineer β Assert one's will over another in an arrogant way.
oppress β to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
push around β to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
tyrannize β to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively (often followed by over).
tyrannise β to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively (often followed by over).
castigate β If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
nag β to annoy by persistent faultfinding, complaints, or demands.
badger β A badger is a wild animal which has a white head with two wide black stripes on it. Badgers live underground and usually come up to feed at night.
coerce β If you coerce someone into doing something, you make them do it, although they do not want to.
harass β to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
hector β Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
lean on β to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
bludgeon β To bludgeon someone means to hit them several times with a heavy object.
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.
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.
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.
threaten β to utter a threat against; menace: He threatened the boy with a beating.
lord it over β (Idiomatic) VT To behave as if one is in control of; to make a display of having an advantage over or superiority to.
persecute β to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
torment β to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain: to be tormented with violent headaches.
torture β the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
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.
menace β something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
showboat β a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
swagger β to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air.
compel β If a situation, a rule, or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it.
press β to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
repress β to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
strong-arm β using, involving, or threatening the use of physical force or violence to gain an objective: strong-arm methods.
suppress β to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
beset β If someone or something is beset by problems or fears, they have many problems or fears which affect them severely.
concuss β to injure (the brain) by a violent blow, fall, etc
constrain β To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
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.
force β physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
hinder β to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
impel β to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
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.
oblige β to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
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.
push β to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
restrict β to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.