Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Browbeat"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
browbeat
v 1: be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when
she was young" [syn: {strong-arm}, {bully}, {bullyrag},
{ballyrag}, {boss around}, {hector}, {push around}]
2: discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner;
intimidate [syn: {bully}, {swagger}]
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