arm-twisted

verb

past tense of arm-twist
as in browbeat

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arm-twisted
  1. browbeat
  2. intimidated
  3. cowed
  4. bullied
  5. threatened
  6. hectored
  7. bulldozed
  8. shamed
Verb
  • Scarface doesn’t just bark orders at his underlings but browbeats the whimpering Ventriloquist, giving him that warped double personality that made older characters like Two-Face so alluring.
    — Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Pheu Thai, conservatives believed, could always be co-opted or browbeaten into a politics of benefit sharing in which wealth and power were divided between a Pheu Thai figurehead and conservative power brokers.
    — Duncan McCargo, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of browbeat
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  • But there’s plenty of evidence that many Iranian women are not intimidated by official campaigns.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • So don’t be intimidated by ingredient lists or recipes that look a little bit long.
    — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of intimidated
Verb
  • Having already weathered so many attacks aimed at diminishing its power, the remaining Iranian leadership, which learned to tolerate hardship in the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s, is unlikely to be cowed by further aggression.
    — JAMES F. JEFFREY, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Jordan, who escapes relatively unscathed, is at once cowed and traumatized yet committed to vengeance.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of cowed
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  • The Fire turned up the pressure defensively in the paint and consistently bullied the Dream out of it.
    — Micahya Costen, AJC.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • View this post on Instagram Priscilla Villanueva said her son, Dakota Cabrera, has been bullied for wearing his hair in a braid, but seeing Pete do the same gives him hope.
    — Marissa Armas, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of bullied
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  • In addition to enforcing a blockade of Iranian ports, this week, the administration threatened to severely sanction any country that does business with Iran.
    — Justin Fishel, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Berlin’s artistic director, Tricia Tuttle, had to issue a formal statement regarding the media storm that threatened to engulf the festival.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of threatened
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • The dead from Srebrenica were bulldozed into mass graves over four days in July 1995, some of them dug up and relocated to remote mountains so as to hide evidence of the killings.
    — Ivana Sekularac, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • An existing industrial and commercial building totaling 96,400 square feet would be bulldozed to clear the way for 13 structures with a series of two-story townhomes, project plans show.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of bulldozed
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  • He's race-baiting to appease the people who shamed him for his previous juvenile lifestyle, while quietly surrounding himself with mostly white men.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Amid the jubilation, there is a darker side to the liberation as woman who fraternized with German soldiers are tracked down and publicly shamed.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of shamed
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“Arm-twisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arm-twisted. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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