| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| browbeat |
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| SYLLABICATION: | brow·beat |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  brou b t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: brow·beat, brow·beat·en (-btn), brow·beat·ing, brow·beats
To intimidate or subjugate by an overbearing manner or domineering speech; bully. See synonyms at intimidate. | | OTHER FORMS: | browbeater —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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