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  • 21browbeat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. bully (See fear). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. bully, intimidate, frighten, cow; see ride 4 , threaten 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. intimidate, bully, cow, badger, terrorize, harass, threaten,… …

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  • 22browbeat — brow·beat || braÊŠbiːt v. intimidate, bully, frighten with strong words and looks …

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  • 23browbeat — force you to work, harass, hound, on my case    He browbeats his employees. He shouts, You! Get to work! …

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  • 24browbeat — v. a. Bully, overbear, beat down, treat insolently …

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  • 25browbeat — verb past tense browbeatpast participle browbeaten, (transitive + into) to make someone do something by continuously asking them to, especially in an unpleasant threatening way: The witness was being browbeaten under cross examination …

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  • 26browbeat — v intimidate, cow, bully, bulldoze, bluster, dragoon; hector, badger, harass, taunt, threaten; dominate, domineer, overbear, subdue, beat down, terrorize; force, coerce, compel …

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  • 27browbeat — brow•beat [[t]ˈbraʊˌbit[/t]] v. t. beat, beat•en, beat•ing to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully • Etymology: 1575–85 brow′beat er, n …

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  • 28browbeat — v.tr. (past beat; past part. beaten) intimidate with stern looks and words. Derivatives: browbeater n …

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  • 29Browbeaten — Browbeat Brow beat , v. t. [imp. {Browbeat}; p. p. {Browbeaten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Browbeating}.] To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive… …

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  • 30Browbeating — Browbeat Brow beat , v. t. [imp. {Browbeat}; p. p. {Browbeaten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Browbeating}.] To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive… …

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