browbeat
verb (used with object), brow·beat, brow·beat·en, brow·beat·ing.
Origin of browbeat
Synonyms for browbeat
Related Words for browbeat
bully, hector, intimidate, coerce, harass, oppress, badger, cow, frighten, bludgeon, tyrannize, threaten, bulldoze, bluster, domineer, overawe, dragoon, overbearExamples from the Web for browbeat
Contemporary Examples of browbeat
But if he comes to Israel to save it from itself or to browbeat its governing coalition, he is sure to return empty handed.
She says the group "browbeat" Komen into reversing its decision, sparking a media storm that led Handel and many others to resign.
Ex-Komen Official Karen Handel Attacks Planned Parenthood 'Thugs' in New BookAbigail Pesta
September 5, 2012
The answer is not to browbeat the parties to scurry to the negotiating table.
After parents and friends “browbeat” them about where to apply, what really influenced their decision about where to go?
Historical Examples of browbeat
Can he courteously talk to an equal, and browbeat an impudent dunce?
Farm BalladsWill Carleton
Still, he said, it was a mistake for a man to allow events to browbeat him.
Dwellers in the HillsMelville Davisson Post
I have to browbeat, bribe, blackmail and bulldoze you thugs into doing a simple job.
The RepairmanHarry Harrison
I'm not here to browbeat you, Mr. Worthington, or lie to you.
The White DesertCourtney Ryley Cooper
Wolsey had raised a storm in 1523 by trying to browbeat the House of Commons.
Henry VIII.A. F. Pollard