pressure
Meaning of pressure
noun
- 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
the many pressures on girls to worry about their looks
- attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something.
it might be possible to pressure him into resigning
she pressured her son to accept a job offer from the bank
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pressura, from press- ‘pressed’, from the verb premere (see press1).
Information about pressure
- The plural form of pressure is: pressures.
- Languages in which pressure is used:
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Hyphenation of pressure
pres-sure
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- pressure is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
pressure synonyms
Meaning press:
Meaning imperativeness:
imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press
Meaning coerce:
Meaning blackmail:
Meaning the practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats:
Meaning the action or state of forcing or being forced to do something; constraint:
Meaning a limitation or restriction:
Meaning threats, violence, constraints, or other action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will or better judgement:
Meaning prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority:
Meaning the act of compelling observance of or compliance with a law, rule, or obligation:
Meaning an insistent and peremptory request, made as of right:
Meaning an earnest or humble request:
Meaning provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction:
Meaning trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions:
Meaning action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately:
Meaning aggressive pressure or intimidation:
Meaning (of a person) constantly harassing someone to do something:
Meaning persistently carry out attacks on (an enemy or an enemy's territory):
Meaning repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester:
Meaning the action of intimidating someone, or the state of being intimidated:
Meaning the action or process of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something:
Meaning the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself:
Meaning attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something:
Meaning compel or urge (someone) to do something, especially to work hard:
Meaning induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument:
Meaning use force insensitively when dealing with (someone or something):
Meaning harass, persecute, or pursue relentlessly:
Meaning subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation:
Meaning harass (someone) constantly to do something that they are averse to:
Meaning poke with a finger, foot, or pointed object:
Meaning intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words:
Meaning pressurize (someone) into adopting radically different beliefs by using systematic and often forcible means:
Meaning seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable):
Meaning force or bully (someone) to do something:
Meaning frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants:
Meaning coerce (someone) into doing something:
Meaning rush or coerce (someone) into doing something:
Meaning pressure someone into doing something:
Translation of pressure
- German: Druck
- Spanish: presión, forzar, obligar
- French: pression, forcer
- Italian: pressione, forzare, obbligare, costringere
- Portuguese: pressão, forçar
Anagrams of pressure
Words that rhyme with pressure
sure, HemaSure, LigaSure, PediaSure, ProstAsure, Rasure, admeasure, antipleasure, commeasure, countercountermeasure, countermeasure, displeasure, embrasure, endpleasure, entreasure, erasure, forepleasure, intermeasure, intreasure, leasure, measure, mismeasure, nonerasure, outmeasure, overmeasure, passemeasure, passymeasure, pleasure, premeasure, rasure, remeasure, seasure, treasure, undermeasure, unpleasure, untreasure, CloseSure, cesure, brisure, deprisure, frisure, gardevisure, incisure, leisure, poisure, seisure, supervisure, wisure, cocksure, FluINsure
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