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Another word for browbeat

VERB

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

    See also:

    over

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Another word for browbeat

VERB

  1. See also:

    threaten

    ride

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • He browbeat the judges on the bench, and kept many persons under arrest for indefinite periods without a trial.

  • He browbeat the judges on the bench, and kept many persons under arrest for indefinite periods without a trial.

  • Lancaster and his friend Lord Percy came to St Pauls, and so insulted and browbeat the bishop, that the proceedings degenerated into a riot, and reached no conclusion (Feb.

  • Lancaster and his friend Lord Percy came to St Pauls, and so insulted and browbeat the bishop, that the proceedings degenerated into a riot, and reached no conclusion (Feb.

  • Cesare's position was greatly shaken, and when he tried to browbeat the cardinals by means of Don Michelotto and his bravos, they refused to be intimidated; he had to leave Rome in September, trusting that the Spanish cardinals would elect a candidate friendly to his house.

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