jawboned
Persuaded through talk
Jawboned is the past tense of jawbone, meaning to pressure or persuade through persistent talk rather than formal authority or force.
The term often describes government officials urging businesses or unions to act a certain way without imposing regulations: The president jawboned the steel companies into holding prices down.
The image is of working someone over with talk alone.
Persuaded through gentle urging
- convincedFirmly believing something
- swayedMoved or persuaded
- cajoledPersuaded through flattery
- pressuredUrged with insistence
urged · influenced · negotiated · lobbied · arm-twisted · browbeat · wheedled · inveigled
Coerced through force
- pressuredUrged with insistence
- bulliedRepeatedly mistreated by aggressors
- intimidatedMade fearful by threat
- browbeatenSubdued by persistent pressure
steamrolled · railroaded · muscled · arm-twisted · pushed · forced · bulldozed · dominated
coaxed
Persuaded through gentle urging
pressured · urged · influenced · negotiated · lobbied · arm-twisted · browbeat · wheedled · inveigled · beguiled
strong-armed
Coerced through force
- pressuredUrged with insistence
- bulliedRepeatedly mistreated by aggressors
- intimidatedMade fearful by threat
browbeaten · steamrolled · railroaded · muscled · arm-twisted · pushed · forced · bulldozed · dominated · overbearing