ARM-TWISTED Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

arm-twisted

verb

past tense of arm-twist

as in browbeat

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Verb

There’s just a lot of skepticism out there about whether Kyiv and Moscow were brought to the table and browbeaten by the First Lady.

— Kelli Wessinger, Vox, 31 Oct. 2026
The son and a guardian claims that Mary Max had depleted his finances and browbeat him.

— BETH J. HARPAZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of browbeat

Verb

It’s been a while since Gizelle has been forced to withstand a sustained attack from someone who isn’t easily intimidated by her social standing.

— Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026
Glass admitted that as a young producer, he was intimidated by Adams and his quiet confidence.

— Scott Detrow, NPR, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of intimidated

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Universities in Texas are seizing and scrubbing syllabi, and some of the country’s most storied institutions of higher learning have been cowed into paying protection money.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 12 Oct. 2026
Many students are outraged by a rape lawsuit but cowed by the university’s penalties for protesters.

— Grey Battle, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of cowed

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At school, he was hectored because of his shabby wardrobe.

— Dan Pompei, New York Times, 23 June 2026
For over a century, citizens have been surveilled while the media is harassed and hectored into compromise, so that the official rhetoric of Slavic suprematism can go unchallenged.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026

Definition of hectored

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Jadan Baugh bulldozed 600 yards in four games, 11 touchdowns to boot.

— Noah White, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
The crew had bulldozed a 70-foot swath through the Las Playas Intaglio, a 200-foot long earthen etching in the shape of a fish that was at least 6,500 years old.

— Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of bulldozed

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Schools banned its use, and journalists were shamed for credulously repeating its hoaxes.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
In that same 2023 Pew Research report, over half of non-Spanish-speaking Latinos reported being shamed for not knowing the language.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of shamed

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