tub-thumpingadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈtʌbˌθʌm.pɪŋ/us/ˈtʌbˌθʌm.pɪŋ/informal disapprovingA tub-thumping style of speaking is forceful or violent:
a tub-thumping speech/campaigner
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Urging & persuading
- argumentation
- blag
- brainwash
- bring
- browbeat
- butter
- cajole
- get sth out of sb
- persuade
- persuasion
- preach
- prevail on/upon sb
- proselytize
- rush sb into (doing) sth
- sucker sb into sth
- swing
- talk sb down
- talk sb out of sth
- twist
- work on sb
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