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brow·beat

(brou′bēt′)

tr.v. brow·beat, brow·beat·en (-bēt′n), brow·beat·ing, brow·beats

To intimidate or subjugate by an overbearing manner or domineering speech; bully. See Synonyms at intimidate.

brow′beat′er n.

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browbeat

(ˈbraʊˌbiːt)

vb, -beats, -beating, -beat or -beaten

(tr) to discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

ˈbrowˌbeater n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

brow•beat

(ˈbraʊˌbit)

v.t. -beat, -beat•en, -beat•ing.

to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully.

[1575–85]

brow′beat`er, n.

browbeat

Past participle: browbeaten
Gerund: browbeating

Imperative
browbeat
browbeat

Present
I browbeat
you browbeat
he/she/it browbeats
we browbeat
you browbeat
they browbeat

Preterite
I browbeat
you browbeat
he/she/it browbeat
we browbeat
you browbeat
they browbeat

Present Continuous
I am browbeating
you are browbeating
he/she/it is browbeating
we are browbeating
you are browbeating
they are browbeating

Present Perfect
I have browbeaten
you have browbeaten
he/she/it has browbeaten
we have browbeaten
you have browbeaten
they have browbeaten

Past Continuous
I was browbeating
you were browbeating
he/she/it was browbeating
we were browbeating
you were browbeating
they were browbeating

Past Perfect
I had browbeaten
you had browbeaten
he/she/it had browbeaten
we had browbeaten
you had browbeaten
they had browbeaten

Future
I will browbeat
you will browbeat
he/she/it will browbeat
we will browbeat
you will browbeat
they will browbeat

Future Perfect
I will have browbeaten
you will have browbeaten
he/she/it will have browbeaten
we will have browbeaten
you will have browbeaten
they will have browbeaten

Future Continuous
I will be browbeating
you will be browbeating
he/she/it will be browbeating
we will be browbeating
you will be browbeating
they will be browbeating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been browbeating
you have been browbeating
he/she/it has been browbeating
we have been browbeating
you have been browbeating
they have been browbeating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been browbeating
you will have been browbeating
he/she/it will have been browbeating
we will have been browbeating
you will have been browbeating
they will have been browbeating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been browbeating
you had been browbeating
he/she/it had been browbeating
we had been browbeating
you had been browbeating
they had been browbeating

Conditional
I would browbeat
you would browbeat
he/she/it would browbeat
we would browbeat
you would browbeat
they would browbeat

Past Conditional
I would have browbeaten
you would have browbeaten
he/she/it would have browbeaten
we would have browbeaten
you would have browbeaten
they would have browbeaten

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Verb	1.	browbeat - be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young" ballyrag, boss around, bully, bullyrag, hector, push around, strong-arm intimidate - make timid or fearful; "Her boss intimidates her" domineer, tyrannise, tyrannize - rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her"
	2.	browbeat - discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate bully, swagger blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, sweet-talk, wheedle, palaver - influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"

browbeat

verb bully, threaten, cow, intimidate, badger, oppress, hector, coerce, bulldoze (informal), overawe, dragoon, ride roughshod over, tyrannize, overbear, domineer attempts to deceive, con, or browbeat the voters
tempt, lure, flatter, manoeuvre, seduce, entice, coax, beguile, cajole, wheedle, sweet-talk (informal), inveigle

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

browbeat

verb

To domineer or drive into compliance by the use of as threats or force, for example:

bludgeon, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, cow, hector, intimidate, menace, threaten.

Informal: strong-arm.

Translations

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browbeat

[ˈbraʊbiːt] (browbeat (pt) (browbeaten (pp))) VT → intimidar, convencer con amenazas
to browbeat sb into doing sth → intimidar a algn para que haga algo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

browbeat

[ˈbraʊbiːt] vt → intimider, brusquer
to browbeat sb → intimider qn
to browbeat sb into doing sth → forcer qn à faire qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

browbeat

pret <browbeat>, ptp <browbeaten>

vt → unter (moralischen) Druck setzen; to browbeat somebody into doing something → jdn so unter Druck setzen, dass er etw tut; I can’t browbeat you into accepting it → ich kann euch natürlich nicht (dazu) zwingen, es anzunehmen; I won’t be browbeaten → ich lasse mich nicht tyrannisieren or unter Druck setzen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

browbeat

[ˈbraʊˌbiːt] (browbeat (pt) (browbeaten (pp))) vt → intimidire
to browbeat sb into doing sth → costringere qn a fare qc con la prepotenza

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