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91oppressed — [adj] downtrodden abject, abused, a slave to*, at one’s feet*, at one’s mercy*, burdened, destitute, distressed, enslaved, exploited, have not, helpless, maltreated, mistreated, persecuted, subservient, suppressed, tormented, tyrannized,… …
92tributary — n 1. branch, anabranch, feeder, affluent, confluent; stream, river, freshet, U.S. Dial. kill, gill, brook, Scot, and North Eng. burn, creek, Dial. crick; streamlet, brooklet, rivulet, rill, rillet, run, runnel, runlet. adj 2. contributory,… …
93tyrannize — v rule despotically, rule with a rod of iron, rule with an iron hand; dominate, domineer, have the upper or whip hand, wield the power or scepter; boss or boss around, dictate to, order around, tell [s.o.] what to do, lay down the law, call the… …
94jump through a hoop — {v. phr.}, {informal} To do whatever you are told to do; obey any order. * /Bob would jump through a hoop for Mary./ Compare: TWIST AROUND ONE S LITTLE FINGER, UNDER ONE S THUMB …
95jump through a hoop — {v. phr.}, {informal} To do whatever you are told to do; obey any order. * /Bob would jump through a hoop for Mary./ Compare: TWIST AROUND ONE S LITTLE FINGER, UNDER ONE S THUMB …
96lord it over someone — in our schooldays, you used to lord it over us Syn: order about/around, dictate to, domineer, ride roughshod over, pull rank on, tyrannize, have under one s thumb; informal boss around, walk all over, push around; throw one s weight around …
97overawe — v intimidate, cow, awe, daunt, dismay, abash, disconcert, Inf. faze, frighten, appall; domineer, browbeat, bully, threaten, hector, buffalo out of or into, bluster, bulldoze, coerce, compel, dragoon; dominate, lord it over, subdue, bend to one s… …
98lord it over someone — ORDER ABOUT/AROUND, dictate to, ride roughshod over, pull rank on, tyrannize, have under one s thumb; be overbearing, put on airs, swagger; informal boss about/around, walk all over, push around, throw one s weight about/around. → lord * * * lord …
99tyrannize — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. despotize, domineer, dictate, intimidate, oppress; see also dominate . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. dictate, rule with an iron hand, dominate, oppress, bully, order around, *jackboot into submission, *keep under one s… …
100order about — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. dominate, badger, nag, command, *ride, lord over, henpeck, control, dictate, master, bully, *put under one s thumb. ANT.: supplicate, *cave in, defer …
