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Definition of Browbeating

Browbeating
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 Browbeating from wikipedia

- refusal to conform to the strict discipline of his school. Alois tried to browbeat his son into obedience, while Adolf did his best to be the opposite of...
- 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...
- 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****...
- During the making of Rio Grande he defied Ford, who was notorious for browbeating his actors, and reportedly told him to go to ****. Johnson thought the...
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- the priests to tell them he no longer wishes to betray Jesus, Pilate browbeats Judas into going through with the plan. Not only does Pilate force Judas...
- Bulgarian delegation, where Stalin and Vyacheslav Molotov attempted to browbeat them into accepting Soviet control over the merger between the countries...
- cult”. “Deprogrammings” typically involved days or w****s of isolation, browbeating, and intense verbal haranguing and har****ment. After one such deprogramming...
- delay the payment of wages, publish deceptive adverti****ts and promises, browbeat workers with high amount of damages if they intend to leave, provide bad...
- confronts Andy about his "obnoxious attitude", which he turns into a browbeating, as he tells Andy to stop s****ing his approval, because he is not impressed...