browbeat
11browbeat — [[t]bra͟ʊbiːt[/t]] browbeats, browbeating, browbeaten VERB (The form browbeat is used in the present tense and is also the past tense.) If someone tries to browbeat you, they try to force you to do what they want. [V n] ...attempts to deceive,… …
12browbeat — brow|beat [ˈbaubi:t] v past tense browbeat past participle browbeaten [ bi:tn] [T] to try to make someone do something, especially in a threatening way browbeat sb into doing sth ▪ She was determined to browbeat everyone into believing her …
13browbeat — browbeater, n. /brow beet /, v.t., browbeat, browbeaten, browbeating. to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing. [1575 85; BROW + BEAT] Syn. cow, badger, tyrannize, harass, coerce. * * * …
14browbeat — brow|beat [ brau,bit ] (past tense brow|beat; past participle brow|beat|en [ brau,bitn ] ) verb transitive to make someone do something by asking or threatening them until they agree: BULLY: browbeat someone into (doing) something: She wasn t… …
15browbeat — transitive verb (browbeat; browbeaten or beat; beating) Date: 1581 to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech ; bully Synonyms: see intimidate …
16browbeat — verb /ˈbrɑʊ.biːt/ To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way. Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson. Syn: bully, cow, domineer …
17browbeat — verb (past browbeat; past participle browbeaten) intimidate or cajole with words or looks. Derivatives browbeater noun …
18browbeat — verb they browbeat the witness into changing her testimony Syn: bully, intimidate, force, coerce, compel, hector, dragoon, bludgeon, pressure, pressurize, tyrannize, terrorize, menace; harass, harry, hound; informal bulldoze, railroad …
19browbeat — /ˈbraʊbit / (say browbeet) verb (t) (browbeat, browbeaten, browbeating) to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully …
20browbeat — Synonyms and related words: badger, beat down, bludgeon, bluster, bluster out of, bounce, break, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, castrate, clamp down on, coerce, compel, cow, daunt, demoralize, despotize, discourage, dominate, domineer, domineer over …
