browbeat en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
From brow + beat.
Meanings
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(transitive) To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.
Autistics don’t need cognitive behavioral training to help us not be rules by our emotions. In fact, most of us have been browbeaten into ignoring our feelings too much.
2022, Devon Price, chapter 2, in Michele Eniclerico, editor, Unmasking Autism, New York: Harmony Books, →ISBN, page 74:Beware lest thy mind be swayed by the brow-beating of the Demons.
1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 26:Dudley Fitts reared far back, pronouncing her [Laura Riding] with “few equals” when it came to “browbeating an audience into conviction by sheer force of arrogance, among any poets living or dead.”
1993 November 28, Carol Muske, quoting Dudley Fitts, “Laura Riding Roughshod”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| browbeat | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| browbeats | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| browbeaten | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| browbeating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| brow-beat | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
bully · drive · do down · strong-arm · domineer · cow · intimidate · dastardize · cow · buffalo · hector · browbeat · menace · bulldoze · intimidate · domineer · dishearten · daunt · bully
Translations (39)
ar أَرْعَبَ (to bully in an intimidating way) · ar أَرْهَبَ (to bully in an intimidating way) · sv hunsa (to bully in an intimidating way) · fi pelotella (to bully in an intimidating way) · fi tyrannisoida (to bully in an intimidating way) · tr göz korkutmak (to bully in an intimidating way) · vi nạt nộ (to bully in an intimidating way) · nl intimideren (to bully in an intimidating way) · pt intimidar (to bully in an intimidating way) · ru запу́гивать (to bully in an intimidating way) · de tyrannisieren (to bully in an intimidating way) · nl bruuskeren (to bully in an intimidating way) · tr göz dağı vermek (to bully in an intimidating way) · pl zastraszyć (to bully in an intimidating way) · vi bắt nạt (to bully in an intimidating way) · es intimidar (to bully in an intimidating way) · nl inschuchteren (to bully in an intimidating way) · cs zastrašovat (to bully in an intimidating way) · ca intimidar (to bully in an intimidating way) · gd sàraich (to bully in an intimidating way) · cs zastrašit (to bully in an intimidating way) · fr intimider (to bully in an intimidating way) · sv köra med (to bully in an intimidating way) · ru страща́ть (to bully in an intimidating way) · ru пуга́ть (to bully in an intimidating way) · el αποπαίρνω (to bully in an intimidating way) · bg спла́ша (to bully in an intimidating way) · ar خَوَّفَ (to bully in an intimidating way) · pl zastraszać (to bully in an intimidating way) · ru наводи́ть страх (to bully in an intimidating way) · de einschüchtern (to bully in an intimidating way) · bg спла́швам (to bully in an intimidating way) · it intimidire (to bully in an intimidating way) · fi pomottaa (to bully in an intimidating way) · sv tyrannisera (to bully in an intimidating way) · ar أَخَافَ (to bully in an intimidating way) · tr korkutmak (to bully in an intimidating way) · de unter Druck setzen (to bully in an intimidating way) · fr brusquer (to bully in an intimidating way)