All pressure synonyms
presΒ·sure
P p noun pressure
- hot potato β Informal. a situation or issue that is difficult, unpleasant, or risky to deal with.
- hangup β Alternative spelling of hang-up.
- goad β a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
- exigency β An urgent need or demand.
- kilowatts β Plural form of kilowatt.
- imposition β the laying on of something as a burden or obligation.
- horsepower β a foot-pound-second unit of power, equivalent to 550 foot-pounds per second, or 745.7 watts.
- intimidation β to make timid; fill with fear.
- ins β (used to indicate inclusion within space, a place, or limits): walking in the park.
- compressing β Present participle of compress.
- necessitation β to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- atmosphere β A planet's atmosphere is the layer of air or other gases around it.
- criticalities β inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- fretfulness β The quality of being fretful.
- extortion β The practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats.
- criticality β the state of being critical
- impulse β the influence of a particular feeling, mental state, etc.: to act under a generous impulse; to strike out at someone from an angry impulse.
- astriction β to bind fast; constrain.
- bother β If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
- kilowatt β a unit of power, equal to 1000 watts. Abbreviation: kW, kw.
- impulsion β the act of impelling, driving onward, or pushing.
- gravity β the force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth.
- criticalness β inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- brunt β the main force or shock of a blow, attack, etc (esp in the phrase bear the brunt of)
- constraint β A constraint is something that limits or controls what you can do.
- compulsion β A compulsion is a strong desire to do something, which you find difficult to control.
- antsiness β the quality of being antsy
- get-up-and-go β energy, drive, and enthusiasm.
- crushing β A crushing defeat, burden, or disappointment is a very great or severe one.
- emergency β A serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action.
- heft β weight; heaviness: It was a rather flimsy chair, without much heft to it.
- druthers β one's own way, choice, or preference: If I had my druthers, I'd dance all night.
- constriction β Constrictions are rules or factors which limit what you can do and prevent you from doing what you want to do.
- kneading β Present participle of knead.
- imperativeness β absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It is imperative that we leave.
- choke β When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
verb pressure
- goose β any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- comminate β to anathematize
- concuss β to injure (the brain) by a violent blow, fall, etc
- go too far β take sth past acceptable limits
- in-tern β to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.
- get β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- constrain β To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
- lean on β to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
- overestimate β to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- make one's way β manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- jollying β Present participle of jolly.
- 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.
- dragoons β Plural form of dragoon.
- act upon β anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.