1.
coercive; high-handed; oppressive
Forcing others to comply through pressure or intimidation; domineering and allowing no dissent.
強圧的な態度。
a high-handed attitude
強圧的に命令する。
give orders coercively
上司の強圧的なやり方に、部下たちは萎縮した。
The subordinates were cowed by their boss's coercive manner.
A na-adjective. The noun form is 強圧 (coercion, high pressure).
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 威圧的: intimidating, overbearing — a near-synonym that emphasizes an intimidating presence
- 高圧的: high-handed, domineering — very close in meaning, perhaps the most common of the three
- 強引: forceful, pushy — pushing something through regardless of objection, less about intimidation