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单词 lord it over someone
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in the sense of hector
Definition
to bully or torment
I suppose you'll hector me until I phone him.
Synonyms
bully,
harass,
browbeat,
worry,
threaten,
menace,
intimidate,
ride roughshod over,
bullyrag
in the sense of intimidate
Definition
to subdue or influence (someone) through fear
Attempts to intimidate people into voting for them failed.
Synonyms
frighten,
pressure,
threaten,
alarm,
scare,
terrify,
cow,
bully,
plague,
menace,
hound,
awe,
daunt,
harass,
subdue,
oppress,
persecute,
lean on (informal),
coerce,
overawe,
scare off (informal),
terrorize,
pressurize,
browbeat,
twist someone's arm (informal),
tyrannize,
dishearten,
dispirit,
scare the bejesus out of (informal),
affright (archaic),
domineer
in the sense of menace
Definition
to threaten with violence or danger
She is being menaced by her boss.
Synonyms
bully,
threaten,
intimidate,
terrorize,
alarm,
frighten,
scare,
browbeat,
utter threats to
in the sense of threaten
Definition
to express a threat to (someone)
If you threaten me verbally or physically, then you will be prosecuted.
Synonyms
intimidate,
bully,
menace,
terrorize,
warn,
cow,
lean on (slang),
pressurize,
browbeat,
make threats to
in the sense of tyrannize
Definition
to rule or exercise power (over) in a cruel or oppressive manner
a formidable boss who tyrannized the workforce
Synonyms
oppress,
bully,
dictate to,
intimidate,
coerce,
enslave,
terrorize,
subjugate,
browbeat,
ride roughshod over,
rule with an iron hand,
domineer over,
have someone under your thumb

Synonyms of 'lord it over someone'

lord it over someone

Explore 'lord it over sb' in the dictionary
(idiom) 
Definition
to act in a superior manner towards someone
Alex seemed to enjoy lording it over the rest of us.
Synonyms
boss around or about (informal)
order around
threaten
If you threaten me verbally or physically, then you will be prosecuted.
bully
I wasn't going to let him bully me.
menace
She is being menaced by her boss.
intimidate
Attempts to intimidate people into voting for them failed.
hector
I suppose you'll hector me until I phone him.
bluster
browbeat
attempts to deceive, con, or browbeat the voters
ride roughshod over
pull rank on
tyrannize
a formidable boss who tyrannized the workforce
put on airs
be overbearing
act big (slang)
overbear
play the lord
domineer
See lord
Seedomineer

Nearby words of
lord it over someone

  • loquacious
  • loquacity
  • lord
  • lord it over someone
  • lordly
  • lore
  • lorry

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