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Definition of Browbeat

Browbeat
Browbeat Brow"beat`, v. t. [imp. Browbeat; p. p. Browbeaten; p. pr. & vb. n. Browbeating.] 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. My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten. --W. Irving.
Browbeat
Browbeat Brow"beat`, v. t. [imp. Browbeat; p. p. Browbeaten; p. pr. & vb. n. Browbeating.] 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. My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten. --W. Irving.

Meaning of Browbeat from wikipedia

- ward off disaster. The couple moves in with the husband's mother, who browbeats his wife and confiscates her ring (an heirloom from her own mother), and...
- 2014). "The Bogus Academic Journal Racket Is Officially Out of Control". Browbeat (Slate's culture blog). Slate. Retrieved November 25, 2014. Shieber, Stuart...
- although he felt his ministers had taken advantage of his inexperience to browbeat him. After the December 1910 general election, the Lords let the bill p****...
- de Chateau, Goku, and Top berate him for his dishonorable tactics and browbeat him into allowing them to transform, much to Beerus' dismay. They ****ume...
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- determination of a zealot, the drive of a fanatic, and the ability to convince or browbeat weaker persons by his singleness of purpose, imposing intensity, impersonal...
- impressed for the first time by Bob standing up to his wife, and then browbeats Abishola to be more subservient to her husband. Title quotation from:...
- Bulgarian delegation, where Stalin and Vyacheslav Molotov attempted to browbeat them into accepting Soviet control over the merger between the countries...
- gurus, and they have poured out all sorts of emotions – some tried to browbeat, some defended their acts and some shed tears. In 1994, Original Superstar...
- to uncover subversion and espionage led to disturbing excesses. His browbeating tactics destro**** careers of people who were not involved in the infiltration...