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    [Verb]  | "brow*beat" | \ ˈbrau̇-ˌbēt \


    1: to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully


    Origin: 1581 ;

    [Verb]  | "browbeat" 


    1: to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats;


      * e.g., " ... they would often browbeat the younger child until he cried "



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    [Verb]  | "browbeaten" 


    1: to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats;


      * e.g., " ... they would often browbeat the younger child until he cried "



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     [ "browbeat" ]

    1: verb. To bully or intimidate someone into coercion.

      * e.g.,  ... I hear getting arrested in Japan sucks. They browbeat you until you sign some phony confession so it can speed up the conviction process. 

     [ "browbeat" ]

    1: to intimidate, to coerce

      * e.g.,  ... Don't browbeat them for their problems with classmates. 

     [ "browbeater" ]

    1: Someone who waxes, tweezes or threads eyebrows.

      * e.g.,  ... The girl was all unibrow, until she went to the browbeater to tame her brows. 

     [ "Browbeat" ]

    1: When someone lowers their eyebrows to suggest they are angry at another. A body language technique popularly used by women. Generally applied to visually punish/threaten male partners.

      * e.g.,  ... Man, that chick nearly "browbeat" me to death! 

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