Browbeat
['braʊbiːt] or ['braʊ'bit]
Definition
(verb.) discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate.
Checker: Rene--From WordNet
Definition
(imp.) of Browbeat
(v. t.) To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses.
Typist: Malcolm
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Bully, overbear, treat insolently.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Intimidate, bully, overbear, cow, overawe, boycott, bulldoze
ANT:Encourage, rally, countenance, support
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Examples
- They jostled, browbeat, and threatened one another, but they did not come to actual hostilities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is not a very manly thing, Mr. Holmes, to come here and browbeat a woman. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Why was I always suffering, always browbeaten, always accused, for ever condemned? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Nobody could have browbeaten her, none irritated her nerves, exhausted her patience, or over-reached her astuteness. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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