browbeat
verb/ˈbraʊbiːt/
/ˈbraʊbiːt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they browbeat | /ˈbraʊbiːt/ /ˈbraʊbiːt/ |
| he / she / it browbeats | /ˈbraʊbiːts/ /ˈbraʊbiːts/ |
| past simple browbeat | /ˈbraʊbiːt/ /ˈbraʊbiːt/ |
| past participle browbeaten | /ˈbraʊbiːtn/ /ˈbraʊbiːtn/ |
| -ing form browbeating | /ˈbraʊbiːtɪŋ/ /ˈbraʊbiːtɪŋ/ |
- 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.
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