N. severity, strictness, harshness,
rigor,
stringency,
austerity,
inclemency,
arrogance,
precisianism, arbitrary power,
absolutism,
despotism,
dictatorship,
autocracy,
tyranny,
domineering, oppression, assumption,
usurpation,
inquisition, reign of terror,
martial law, iron heel, iron rule, iron hand, iron sway, tight grasp, brute force, brute strength,
coercion, strong hand, tight hand, hard lines, hard measure, tender mercies, sharp practice, pipe-clay,
officialism,
tyrant,
disciplinarian,
precisian,
martinet,
stickler,
bashaw,
despot, hard master,
draco,
oppressor,
inquisitor,
extortioner,
harpy,
vulture,
accipitres, birds of prey, raptorials, raptors
V. be -severe, assume,
usurp,
arrogate, take liberties,
domineer,
bully,
tyrannize,
inflict,
wreak, stretch a point, put on the screw, be hard upon, bear a heavy hand on, lay a heavy hand on, be down upon, come down upon, ill treat, deal hardly with, deal hard measure to, rule with a rod of iron, chastise with scorpions, dye with blood,
oppress,
override, trample under foot, tread under foot, tread upon, trample upon, tread down upon, trample down upon, crush under an iron heel, ride roughshod over, rivet the yoke, hold a tight hand, keep a tight hand, force down the throat,
coerce, give no quarter
Adj. severe, strict, hard, harsh,
dour, rigid, stiff, stern,
rigorous,
uncompromising, exacting,
exigent, exigeant,
inexorable, inflexible,
obdurate,
austere,
hard-headed, hard-nosed,
hard-shell, relentless,
spartan,
draconian,
stringent,
strait-laced, searching,
unsparing, iron- handed,
peremptory, absolute, positive, arbitrary,
imperative,
coercive,
tyrannical,
extortionate,
grinding,
withering,
oppressive,
inquisitorial, inclement, cruel,
haughty,
arrogant,
precisian Adv. severely, with a high hand, with a strong hand, with a tight hand, with a heavy hand, at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet
Phr. delirant reges plectuntur achivi, manu forti, ogni debole ha sempre il suo tiranno
N. discourtesy, ill breeding, ill manners, bad manners, ungainly manners,
insuavity,
uncourteousness,
rusticity,
inurbanity,
illiberality, incivility displacency, disrespect,
procacity,
impudence,
barbarism,
barbarity,
misbehavior,
brutality,
blackguardism, conduct unbecoming a gentleman, grossieret, brusquerie,
vulgarity,
&c. 851,
churlishness,
spinosity,
perversity,
moroseness, sternness,
austerity, moodishness,
captiousness,
cynicism,
tartness,
acrimony,
acerbity,
virulence,
asperity,
scowl, black looks,
frown, short answer,
rebuff, hard words,
contumely, unparliamentary language,
personality, bear,
bruin,
brute,
blackguard, beast, unlicked cub,
frump,
crosspatch,
saucebox, crooked stick,
grizzly V. be -rude,
insult, treat with discourtesy, take a name in vain, make bold with, make free with, take a liberty, stare out of countenance,
ogle, point at, put to the blush, cut, turn one's back upon, turn on one's heel, give the cold shoulder, keep at a distance, keep at arm's length, look cool upon, look coldly upon, look black upon, show the door to, send away with a flea in the ear, lose one's temper, sulk a,
frown,
scowl,
glower,
pout,
snap,
snarl,
growl, render rude &c. ad,
brutalize,
brutify Adj. discourteous,
uncourteous, uncourtly,
ill-bred, ill- mannered, ill-behaved,
ill-conditioned,
unbred, unmannerly, unmannered,
impolite,
unpolite, unpolished, uncivilized,
ungenteel, ungentleman- like, ungentlemanly, unladylike,
blackguard, vulgar,
dedecorous, foul-mouthed foul-spoken,
abusive, uncivil,
ungracious,
unceremonious, cool,
pert, forward,
obtrusive,
impudent, rude,
saucy,
precocious,
repulsive,
uncomplaisant,
unaccommodating,
unneighborly, ungallant,
inaffable, ungentle, ungainly, rough,
rugged,
bluff,
blunt,
gruff,
churlish,
boorish,
bearish,
brutal,
brusque, stern, harsh,
austere,
cavalier,
taint,
sour,
crabbed, sharp, short,
trenchant,
sarcastic,
biting,
doggish,
caustic,
virulent, bitter,
acrimonious,
venomous,
contumelious,
snarling, surly, surly as a bear,
perverse,
grim,
sullen,
peevish, untactful,
impolitic,
undiplomatic, artless, adv,
discourteously, with discourtesy, with a bad grace
