Definitions
discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
Word origin
From brow + beat.
Used in a sentence
“Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.”
“Beware lest thy mind be swayed by the brow-beating of the Demons.”
“Dudley Fitts reared far back, pronouncing her [Laura Riding] with “few equals” when it came to “browbeating an audience into conviction by sheer force of arrogance, among any poets living or dead.””
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Intimidate with words”8 letters
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