browbeat

[ brou-beet ]

/ ˈbraʊˌbit /

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verb (used with object), brow·beat, brow·beat·en, brow·beat·ing.

to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.

OTHER WORDS FOR browbeat

cow, badger, tyrannize, harass, coerce.

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Origin of browbeat

First recorded in 1575–85; brow + beat

OTHER WORDS FROM browbeat

browbeater, noun

How to use browbeat in a sentence

The thing that I got clear on very early on was, you’re not going to browbeat or moralize your way to this issue.
Why Beyond Meat’s CEO chose to fight climate change by going into business|McKenna Moore|November 24, 2020|Fortune
During a meeting, Lindstrom yelled at his colleagues for going around him and browbeating his people, according to an official who was present.
Inside the Fall of the CDC|by James Bandler, Patricia Callahan, Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg|October 15, 2020|ProPublica
Instead, they till a middle ground, choosing to teach by example rather than by browbeating.
If You Grow Up Indian-American, College Graduation Isn’t Enough|Anita Raghavan|May 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Watertown men must soon have recovered from the browbeating he had given them.
A Source Book in American History to 1787|Various

Where the South cannot effect her object by browbeating, she wheedles.
Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 6 (of 20)|Charles Sumner
No wonder he thought them a lot of savages, browbeating their hostess the way they did.
When a Man Marries|Mary Roberts Rinehart
Together they passed down the central path, insulting the women and browbeating the men.
Danger! and Other Stories|Arthur Conan Doyle
But you are continually scolding at her, browbeating her, and making her as uncomfortable and unhappy as you can.
Down The River|Oliver Optic

British Dictionary definitions for browbeat

browbeat

/ (ˈbraʊˌbiːt) /

verb -beats, -beating, -beat or -beaten

(tr) to discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

Derived forms of browbeat

browbeater, noun

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