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Browbeat   /brˈaʊbˌit/   Listen
Browbeat

verb
(past browbeat; past part. browbeaten; pres. part. browbeating)
1.
Be bossy towards.  Synonyms: ballyrag, boss around, bully, bullyrag, hector, push around, strong-arm.
2.
Discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate.  Synonyms: bully, swagger.






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"Browbeat" Quotes from Famous Books



... man, have my gown taken from me, be torn from my wife and children, be disgraced before the eyes of all men, and be made a byword and a thing horrible to be mentioned, because I will not fee an attorney to fee another man to come and lie on my behalf, to browbeat witnesses, to make false appeals, and perhaps shed false tears in defending me. You have come to me asking me to do this, if I understand you, telling me that the archdeacon ...
— The Last Chronicle of Barset • Anthony Trollope

... York, "I dinna like that—I dinna like it at all; attack a man that has summat, I say, and not one that has nought, and then that will luck mair like a man!" And with such hearty John Bull notions as these did canny Yorkshire browbeat his crony of ...
— Sinks of London Laid Open • Unknown

... know." Honeycutt cackled and rubbed his hands at the admission. "But I'm going to find out. So, probably, is Brodie. Now, look here, Honeycutt; I haven't come to browbeat you as Brodie did. I am for making you a straight business proposition. If you know anything, I stand ready to buy your knowledge. ...
— The Everlasting Whisper • Jackson Gregory



Words linked to "Browbeat" :   palaver, tyrannize, wheedle, inveigle, domineer, coax, sweet-talk, cajole, tyrannise, intimidate, strong-arm, blarney



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