He browbeat her into accepting it.
Source: tatoeba (302860)
Browbeat
//ˈbɹaʊ.biːt//
Synonyms for "browbeat" (90 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 18 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- أَخَافَ verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
- أَرْعَبَ verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
- أَرْهَبَ verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
- خَوَّفَ verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
Bulgarian
2 entries- спла́ша verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
- спла́швам verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
Catalan
1 entries- intimidar verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
Czech
2 entries- zastrašit verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
- zastrašovat verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
Dutch
3 entries- bruuskeren verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
- inschuchteren verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
- intimideren verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
Finnish
3 entries- pelotella verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
- pomottaa verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
- tyrannisoida verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
French
2 entries- brusquer verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
- intimider verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
German
3 entries- einschüchtern verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
- tyrannisieren verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
- unter Druck setzen verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
Greek
1 entries- αποπαίρνω verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
Italian
1 entries- intimidire verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
Polish
2 entries- zastraszać verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
- zastraszyć verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
Portuguese
1 entries- intimidar verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
Russian
4 entries- запу́гивать verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
- наводи́ть страх verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
- пуга́ть verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
- страща́ть verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sàraich verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
Spanish
1 entries- intimidar verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
Swedish
3 entries- hunsa verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
- köra med verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
- tyrannisera verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
Turkish
3 entries- göz dağı vermek verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
- göz korkutmak verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
- korkutmak verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bắt nạt verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
- nạt nộ verb (to bully in an intimidating way)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
It is not a “club” with which to browbeat others.
Source: tatoeba (6399882)
Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.
Source: wiktionary
Beware lest thy mind be swayed by the brow-beating of the Demons.
Source: wiktionary
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