Adjective browbeaten has 1 sense
- browbeaten, bullied, cowed, hangdog, intimidated - frightened into submission or compliance
Antonyms: unafraid, fearless (indirect, via afraid)
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Verb browbeat has 2 senses
- strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around - be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"
--1 is one way to intimidate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- browbeat, bully, swagger - discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
--2 is one way to wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle
Sample sentence:
They browbeat him into writing the letter
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