browbeat : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: browbeat	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for browbeat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
browbeat v be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young" Synonym(s): strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate Synonym(s): browbeat, bully, swagger
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Browbeat \Brow"beat`\, v. t. [imp. {Browbeat}; p. p. {Browbeaten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Browbeating}.] 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; as, to browbeat witnesses. My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten. --W. Irving.