pressure
noun
[ ˈprɛʃə ]
• continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it.
• "the gate was buckling under the pressure of the crowd outside"
• the use of persuasion or intimidation to make someone do something.
• "backbenchers put pressure on the government to provide safeguards"
Similar:
coercion,
force,
compulsion,
constraint,
duress,
oppression,
enforcement,
insistence,
demand,
entreaty,
goading,
pestering,
provocation,
harassment,
nagging,
harrying,
badgering,
intimidation,
arm-twisting,
pressurization,
persuasion,
influence,
badassery,
pressure
verb
• attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something.
• "it might be possible to pressure him into resigning"
Similar:
coerce,
pressurize,
press,
push,
persuade,
influence,
force,
squeeze,
bulldoze,
hound,
harass,
nag,
harry,
badger,
goad,
prod,
pester,
browbeat,
brainwash,
bully,
bludgeon,
intimidate,
dragoon,
twist someone's arm,
strong-arm,
bring pressure to bear on,
use pressure on,
put pressure on,
lean on,
blackjack,
railroad,
put the screws/squeeze on,
hustle,
fast-talk,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pressura, from press- ‘pressed’, from the verb premere (see press1).
