Browbeat

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  • transitive verb. To intimidate or subjugate by an overbearing manner or domineering speech; bully. synonym: intimidate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; in general, to bear down by impudence.
  • Synonyms To overbear, insult, bully, hector.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. be bossy towards
  • verb. discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
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