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browbeat

verb

brow·​beat ˈbrau̇-ˌbēt How to pronounce browbeat (audio)
browbeat; browbeaten ˈbrau̇-ˈbē-tᵊn How to pronounce browbeat (audio) or browbeat; browbeating

transitive verb

: to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully
likes to browbeat the waitstaff

Synonyms

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intimidate, cow, bulldoze, bully, browbeat mean to frighten into submission.

intimidate implies inducing fear or a sense of inferiority into another.

intimidated by so many other bright freshmen

cow implies reduction to a state where the spirit is broken or all courage is lost.

not at all cowed by the odds against making it in show business

bulldoze implies an intimidating or an overcoming of resistance usually by urgings, demands, or threats.

bulldozed the city council into approving the plan

bully implies intimidation through threats, insults, or aggressive behavior.

bullied into giving up their lunch money

browbeat implies a cowing through arrogant, scornful, or contemptuous treatment.

browbeat the witness into a contradiction

Example Sentences

His father likes to browbeat waiters and waitresses. they would often browbeat the younger child until he cried
Recent Examples on the Web There is little reason to believe that the EU or the US can browbeat developing countries to join in the anti-Russia sanctions. Tilak Doshi, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 My siblings invited me out to visit them and proceeded to browbeat me into leaving him. Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 16 June 2022 On Tuesday this column noted the valiant attempt by a Washington Post columnist to browbeat consumers into feeling guilty for wanting products to be available on store shelves. James Freeman, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2021 And there were people like Malcolm who browbeat kids into adopting extremist beliefs. Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 10 June 2021 The left, in this light, is not simply advocating equality of people regardless of their backgrounds; it’s a cabal seeking to marginalize and browbeat white people for having created a bigoted society that does not actually exist. Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 29 May 2021 Instead, Chinese internet companies are using the threat of government action to browbeat their rivals, my colleague Li Yuan wrote in her latest column. New York Times, 29 Apr. 2021 Congress routinely imposes conditions on states that receive federal funds, but whatever the extent of Congress’s power to browbeat or cajole states, the tax mandate falls well short of the clarity that federal courts require. Robert Alt, WSJ, 7 May 2021 But rather than trying to browbeat Manchin into submission, Biden appears, according to The New York Times, to be making a go of crafting infrastructure legislation that 10 Republicans could support. Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 12 Apr. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1581, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of browbeat was in 1581

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