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Definition of Browbeats

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 Browbeats 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****...
- 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...
- for lodgings is adequate, even generous, he stays for many months and browbeats Jim Hawkins' father out of asking for more money even when his deposit...
- to uncover subversion and espionage led to disturbing excesses. His browbeating tactics destro**** careers of people who were not involved in the infiltration...
- In therapy, he seems not to remember the incident with the bat, and browbeats Alva when she is unable to find the missing contract. His severe mood...
- Ball Z. On the other hand, Josh Begley of The Fandom Post felt Bulma "browbeats everyone around her." Reviewing the live-action Dragonball Evolution for...
- 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...
- cult”. “Deprogrammings” typically involved days or w****s of isolation, browbeating, and intense verbal haranguing and har****ment. After one such deprogramming...