browbeat (redirected from browbeaten)

browbeat verb abash, badger, beat down, bully, chide, cow, daunt, deflate, discourage, dishonor, domineer, dress down, drive, exert pressure on, frighten, give one a talking to, goad, harass, humble, humiliate, intimidate, make nervous, make one feel small, nag, overawe, override, petrify, prevail upon, push into, put in fear, put pressure on, raise apprehensions, reprove, scare, set down, shame into, subdue, trounce

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See also: bait, discompose, frighten, goad, harass, harrow, harry, hector, intimidate, persecute, plague, press, threaten