'Browbeat' definitions:
Definition of 'browbeat'
(from WordNet)
verb
Be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young" [syn: strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around]
verb
Definition of 'Browbeat'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Browbeat'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'browbeat'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- badger,
- beat down,
- bludgeon,
- bluster,
- bluster out of,
- bounce,
- break,
- bulldoze,
- bully,
- bullyrag,
- castrate,
- clamp down on,
- coerce,
- compel,
- cow,
- daunt,
- demoralize,
- despotize,
- discourage,
- dominate,
- domineer,
- domineer over,
- dragoon,
- enslave,
- frighten,
- grind,
- grind down,
- harass,
- hassle,
- hector,
- henpeck,
- huff,
- intimidate,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- lord it over,
- nag,
- oppress,
- overawe,
- overbear,
- overmaster,
- override,
- press heavy on,
- repress,
- ride over,
- ride roughshod over,
- subjugate,
- suppress,
- systematically terrorize,
- terrorize,
- threaten,
- trample down,
- trample upon,
- tread down,
- tread upon,
- tyrannize,
- tyrannize over,
- unman,
- walk all over,
- walk over,
- weigh heavy on