Browbeat

Alternative forms

 * brow-beat

Verb

 * 1)  To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
 * Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.

Synonyms

 * bully, cow, domineer, intimidate

Related terms

 * browbeater

Thesaurus
badger, beat down, bludgeon, bluster, bluster out of, bounce, break, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, castrate, clamp down on, coerce, compel, cow, daunt, demoralize, despotize, discourage, dominate, domineer, domineer over, dragoon, enslave, frighten, grind, grind down, harass, hassle, hector, henpeck, huff, intimidate, keep down, keep under, lord it over, nag, oppress, overawe, overbear, overmaster, override, press heavy on, repress, ride over, ride roughshod over, subjugate, suppress, systematically terrorize, terrorize, threaten, trample down, trample upon, tread down, tread upon, tyrannize, tyrannize over, unman, walk all over, walk over, weigh heavy on

Translations

 * Bulgarian: сплашвам
 * Catalan: intimidar
 * Czech: zastrašovat
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:


 * Polish: zastraszyć, zastraszać
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: sàraich
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, tyrannisera