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Definition of Browbeat

1. Verb. Be bossy towards. "They want to browbeat the prisoners "; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"

2. Verb. Discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate. "They want to browbeat the prisoners "

Definition of Browbeat

1. v. t. To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses.

Definition of Browbeat

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Browbeat

1. to intimidate [v -BEAT, -BEATEN, -BEATING, -BEATS] - See also: intimidate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Browbeat

broussonetine brouter brouters brouze brouzes brow brow-beat brow-beaten brow-beating brow-beats

brow ptosis browallia browallias browband browbands browbeat (current term) browbeaten browbeating browbeats browbone

browbones browbound browdyng browed browless browlift brown brown-bag brown-bagger

Literary usage of Browbeat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. London Society edited by James Hogg, Florence Marryat (1879)
"... the regular course of their practice, they are warmly congratulated by the relatives and the whole village for their success in browbeat- WHAT THE ..."

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