Antonyms for dragoon
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : druh-goon |
Phonetic Transcription : drəˈgun |
- abandon
- aid
- alleviate
- allow
- assist
- assuage
- assure
- avoid
- block
- boost
- build
- calculate
- calm
- cease
- check
- coax
- comfort
- commend
- compliment
- conceal
- console
- construct
- crush
- delay
- delight
- demote
- deny
- destroy
- deter
- disallow
- disapprove
- discourage
- disregard
- dissuade
- dodge
- drop
- embolden
- encourage
- expect
- fail
- forego
- forget
- free
- give
- give up
- gladden
- halt
- hearten
- help
- hide
- hinder
- ignore
- impede
- incite
- inspirit
- leave alone
- let go
- lose
- make happy
- measure
- miss
- neglect
- not finish
- obstruct
- overlook
- permit
- please
- praise
- prevent
- protect
- pull
- raze
- reassure
- refuse
- refute
- reject
- release
- relieve
- renounce
- repress
- reward
- ruin
- slow
- soothe
- stop
- suppress
- surrender
- veto
- yield
Definition of dragoon
Origin :- 1620s, from French dragon "carbine, musket," because the guns the soldiers carried "breathed fire" like a dragon (see dragon). Also see -oon.
- As in horseman : noun rider
- As in cavalry : noun troops riding horses
- As in intimidate : verb frighten, threaten
- As in make : verb induce, compel
- As in persecute : verb wrong, torment
- As in push : verb incite, urge
- As in terrorize : verb upset, threaten
- As in boss around : verb bully
- As in browbeat : verb castigate, nag
- As in bulldoze : verb bully, intimidate
- As in bully : verb intimidate, push around
- As in coerce : verb compel, press
- As in compel : verb force to act
- As in cow : verb browbeat, intimidate
- As in draft : verb select for military force
- As in enforce : verb put a rule, plan in force
- As in force : verb obligate to do something
- One dragoon advanced and was struck off his horse by the bayonet.
- Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
- And thus evaporates the last vestige of the dragoon's Christmas festivity.
- Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
- In any case, the dragoon was obviously plethoric and would be the better for a blood-letting.
- Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
- The chase had begun with the beginning of the day, at Dragoon Pass.
- Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
- When you crossed the summits of the Dragoon Mountains you were beyond the pale.
- Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
- The other dragoon had just then returned, and made me a sign to follow him.
- Extract from : « Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune » by Charles James Lever
- "Yes, we are all right here; I know his helmet,—this is it," said the dragoon.
- Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- "You don't know what a good fellow Joe is," said the dragoon.
- Extract from : « The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 » by Various
- But this was a bit of a fop, Adonis, dragoon,—so Venus remained in tête-à -tête with him.
- Extract from : « Stories of Comedy » by Various
- I aye said it of ye from thon night when you throttled the dragoon.
- Extract from : « The Northern Iron » by George A. Birmingham
Synonyms for dragoon
- abash
- accomplish
- administer
- administrate
- afflict
- aggrieve
- alarm
- annoy
- appall
- apply
- army
- awe
- badger
- bait
- be on one's case
- bear down
- bear hard on
- beat
- beset
- bind
- blackmail
- bludgeon
- bluster
- bother
- bowl over
- bowlegs
- bring about
- bring pressure to bear upon
- broncobuster
- browbeat
- buckaroo
- buffalo
- bulldoze
- bully
- burden
- call up
- carry out
- cause
- cavalryman
- charge
- chasseurs
- chill
- choke
- choose
- coerce
- command
- commandeer
- compel
- concuss
- conscribe
- conscript
- constrain
- contract
- cow
- cowboy
- crack down
- crucify
- cuirassiers
- daunt
- demand
- despotize
- dictate
- discharge
- discomfit
- disconcert
- dishearten
- dismay
- dispirit
- disquiet
- distress
- dog
- dominate
- domineer
- draft
- drag
- dragoon
- dragoons
- drive
- drive up the wall
- effect
- egg on
- embarrass
- emphasize
- encourage
- enforce
- enjoin
- enlist
- enroll
- equerry
- equestrian
- exact
- execute
- exert
- exert influence
- exile
- expect
- expedite
- expel
- extort
- faze
- fire up
- fix
- force
- force upon
- fortify
- fright
- frighten
- fulfill
- gaucho
- go to town on
- goad
- goose
- harass
- hector
- high pressure
- hinder
- horn in
- horrify
- horse
- horse guard
- horse soldiers
- horse trainer
- hound
- hunt
- hurry
- hussars
- hustle
- ill-treat
- impel
- implement
- impose
- impress
- incite
- indite
- induct
- inflict
- influence
- initiate
- injure
- insist
- insist on
- inspire
- interfere
- intimidate
- invoke
- jockey
- jolly
- key up
- kid
- lancers
- lash
- lean on
- limit
- lord it over
- make
- make an offer they can't refuse
- make necessary
- maltreat
- martyr
- meddle
- menace
- molest
- motivate
- mounted troops
- Mounties
- move
- muster
- necessitate
- oblige
- obtrude
- occasion
- oppress
- order
- order around
- outrage
- overawe
- overbear
- overcome
- overpress
- perform
- persecute
- persuade
- pester
- petrify
- pick on
- pin down
- plague
- postilion
- pour it on
- press
- pressure
- pressurize
- prevail upon
- pricker
- prod
- prosecute
- pursue
- push
- push around
- put heat on
- put into effect
- put screws to
- put squeeze on
- put the arm on
- put the chill on
- put the screws to
- put the squeeze on
- put through the wringer
- put up to
- railroad
- rangers
- rattle
- recruit
- reinforce
- repress
- require
- restrain
- restrict
- ride
- ride roughshod
- roughrider
- ruffle
- sanction
- sandbag
- scare
- scare to death
- secure
- sell on
- shock
- shotgun
- showboat
- sign on
- sign up
- speed
- speed up
- spook
- spur
- squadron
- squeeze
- start
- startle
- steamroll
- strain
- stress
- strike terror into
- strong-arm
- subdue
- support
- suppress
- swagger
- tamper
- tease
- terrify
- terrorize
- threaten
- throw weight around
- torment
- torture
- turn on
- turn on the heat
- twist one's arm
- twist someone's arm
- tyrannize
- uhlans
- unnerve
- urge
- vex
- victimize
- walk heavy
- whip
- worry
- wrest
- wring
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