Synonyms of blackmailing

blackmailing

verb

present participle of blackmail

as in threatening

to use blackmail against (someone)

The old man was being blackmailed by his nephew.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• threatening
• squeezing
• driving
• extorting
• impressing
• harassing
• dragging
• coercing
• forcing
• pressuring
• obliging
• intimidating
• terrorizing
• constraining
• obligating
• dragooning
• exacting
• pressing
• compelling
• wresting
• wringing
• racketeering
• bullying
• shaming
• muscling
• sandbagging
• menacing
• impelling
• browbeating
• making
• cowing
• hectoring
• bulldozing
• blackjacking
• arm-twisting
• badgering
• hounding
• high-pressuring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• letting
• permitting
• allowing
• moving
• inducing
• talking (into)
• arguing
• satisfying
• winning (over)
• prevailing (on or upon)
• persuading
• convincing