verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way. transitive

   "Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson."

2. 2
   discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate wordnet
3. 3
   be bossy towards wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bullybullycowdomineerhectorintimidate

Example

More examples

"He browbeat her into accepting it."

Etymology

From brow + beat.

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