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- Dictionarybrow·beat/ˈbrouˌbēt/
verb
- 1. intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words: "a witness is being browbeaten under cross-examination"
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BROWBEAT definition: 1. to try to force someone to do something by threatening them or persuading them forcefully and…. Learn more.
The meaning of BROWBEAT is to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully. How to use browbeat in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Browbeat.
To browbeat is to intimidate with language. Picture yourself in a police station. The cops are trying to get you to talk by using tough, even abusive, language. They are browbeating you. When someone browbeats you, they're giving you a beating with their mouth and their mind.
Browbeat definition: to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully. See examples of BROWBEAT used in a sentence.
BROWBEAT meaning: 1. to try to force someone to do something by threatening them or persuading them forcefully and…. Learn more.
browbeat somebody (into doing something) to frighten or threaten somebody in order to make them do something synonym intimidate. They were browbeaten into accepting the offer. The witness was being browbeaten under cross-examination. There was no way this man was going to browbeat her.
verb. If someone tries to browbeat you, they try to force you to do what they want. ...attempts to deceive, con, or browbeat the voters. [VERB noun] When I backed out of the 100 metres, an older kid tried to browbeat me into it. [VERB noun + into] Synonyms: bully, threaten, cow, intimidate More Synonyms of browbeat. browbeatenadjective.
