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Browbeat Moderate

Browbeat has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

be bossy towards

"Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"

2

discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

3

To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
intimidate wheedle
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
tyrannize

Origin

This word combines "brow," meaning forehead, with "beat." It originally referred to the action of striking someone's forehead as a form of intimidation or harsh rebuke.

Rhyming Words
eat yeat leat beat meat heat teat seat feat neat reat peat pleat cheat creat great treat cleat wheat sheat
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