Dragooned [verb]

Definition of Dragooned:

frighten, threaten

Synonyms of Dragooned:

● Dismay

● Dishearten

● Constrain

● Bully

● Subdue

● Alarm

● Appall

● Coerce

● Daunt

● Awe

● Scare

● Terrify

● Terrorize

● Bait

● Dispirit

● Compel

● Force

● Bulldoze

● Badger

● Hound

● Disquiet

● Bludgeon

● Browbeat

● Ruffle

● Oblige

● Spook

● Chill

● Cow

● Ride

● Strong-arm

● Bluster

● Enforce

● Bowl over

● Dragoon

● Overawe

● Buffalo

● Lean on

● Push around

● Showboat


Opposite/Antonyms of Dragooned:

● Please

● Help

● Leave alone

● Inspirit

● Encourage

● Assure

● Assist

● Embolden

● Comfort

● Soothe

● Reassure

● Calm

● Incite

● Release

● Hearten


Sentence/Example of Dragooned:

Primitive, dragooned, unanimous ages cannot possess culture.

The county was dragooned and the Highland host ravaged wherever it went.

The State could not be dragooned into open secession, therefore the neutrality policy was adopted.

For his sake she has learned all the womanly little accomplishments which Mrs. Kittridge has dragooned into Sally.

He could not be dragooned into denying his faith, and he was therefore imprisoned, preparatory to his expulsion from France.

Metz, now part of German Lorraine, was probably not so ferociously dragooned as other places.

But how to obtain that until you have got this self-respecting, self-governing people to see any advantage in being dragooned?

Was it true that under this ridiculous Military Service Act all men under forty were to be dragooned into the army?

In his own country he was celebrated as the most merciless persecutor that had ever dragooned the Huguenots to mass.

When death is a relief, and the only relief it appears that you will afford him, will he be dragooned into tranquillity?