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Definition of browbeat in English: browbeatverbbrowbeaten ˈbraʊbiːtˈbraʊˌbit [with object]Intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words. 对…声色俱厉地进行威胁，吓唬 a witness is being browbeaten under cross-examination 一位证人正在被逼讯。 Example sentencesExamples - He said: ‘I definitely did not browbeat her, it was a misunderstanding of my sense of humour.’
- British television screens are once more hosting the talking heads - patronising, confident and ultra-informed - that have so often browbeaten us into following them along the path to social catastrophe.
- And, to believe that ‘fighting back’ consists of browbeating our elected politicians into standing up and denouncing Republican badness and wrongness is infantile.
- Earlier this week the Ministry tried to browbeat the teachers into compliance by instructing principals to send round a memo ‘requiring’ staff to perform all their duties.
- He impressed me then, as he does now, as someone who prefers to browbeat opponents rather than reason with them.
- There, barring a few bad eggs whom you rarely get to hear about, most students are interested in education rather than browbeating other students.
- I talk to very tough people, I don't browbeat children or old women, I browbeat people who can take it.
- Don't let politicians or the media browbeat you, intimidate you or lie about you.
- The people at Scottish Racing do not seem to be browbeating ministers, civil servants and enterprise companies, so I will do it for them.
- Vote your conscience even if other jurors browbeat you.
- Not surprisingly, departmental inquiries inevitably favor the offenders and browbeat women into abandoning their complaints, say social workers.
- They're condemning and browbeating anyone who questions any of this, branding dissenters as unpatriotic and treasonous.
- Their comments came as the new Lord Chief Justice warned ministers not to browbeat judges over how anti-terror laws and other legislation should be applied.
- Now, instead of browbeating his chosen boys into submission, he let them do whatever they wanted.
- Instead, they browbeat her, repeatedly cut her off in mid-answer, accused her of ‘filibustering’ and said she was lying…
- Finally, Reno began to visit Ms. Furster on a regular basis and browbeat her with accusations and promises of a life sentence unless she cooperated (that is, told the jury what Reno wanted her to say).
- I knew that if I didn't say no straight away he would browbeat me into saying yes, or make me feel so guilty that I'd be practically begging him to stay.
- As I was saying, if our mothers can't browbeat us into getting married, what hope has a faceless government bureaucracy?
- It seems that they are cracking down on just about any kind of protest lately, trying to browbeat anyone that doesn't agree with them.
- His was a strict Presbyterian Scottish background, and his father just browbeat him to get him to work so he'd get into university.
Synonyms bully, hector, intimidate, force, coerce, compel, badger, dragoon, cow, bludgeon, persecute, domineer, oppress, pressure, pressurize, tyrannize, terrorize, menace, subjugate, use strong-arm tactics on harass, harry, hound, nag, goad, boss about/around informal bulldoze, railroad, lean on
Derivativesnoun ‘Laurie can be effective, but also heavy-handed and a browbeater,’ said one politically active Hollywood insider, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Example sentencesExamples - ‘They were the browbeaters,’ said a former defense intelligence official who attended some of the meetings in which Wolfowitz and others pressed for a different approach to the assessments they were receiving.
- The punctilious playwright is no issue-driven browbeater; he simply loves an exchange of dialogue regardless of the subject matter's latitude.
Definition of browbeat in US English: browbeatverbˈbraʊˌbitˈbrouˌbēt [with object]Intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words. 对…声色俱厉地进行威胁，吓唬 a witness is being browbeaten under cross-examination 一位证人正在被逼讯。 Example sentencesExamples - Don't let politicians or the media browbeat you, intimidate you or lie about you.
- British television screens are once more hosting the talking heads - patronising, confident and ultra-informed - that have so often browbeaten us into following them along the path to social catastrophe.
- They're condemning and browbeating anyone who questions any of this, branding dissenters as unpatriotic and treasonous.
- There, barring a few bad eggs whom you rarely get to hear about, most students are interested in education rather than browbeating other students.
- I knew that if I didn't say no straight away he would browbeat me into saying yes, or make me feel so guilty that I'd be practically begging him to stay.
- Finally, Reno began to visit Ms. Furster on a regular basis and browbeat her with accusations and promises of a life sentence unless she cooperated (that is, told the jury what Reno wanted her to say).
- He impressed me then, as he does now, as someone who prefers to browbeat opponents rather than reason with them.
- It seems that they are cracking down on just about any kind of protest lately, trying to browbeat anyone that doesn't agree with them.
- Vote your conscience even if other jurors browbeat you.
- Earlier this week the Ministry tried to browbeat the teachers into compliance by instructing principals to send round a memo ‘requiring’ staff to perform all their duties.
- He said: ‘I definitely did not browbeat her, it was a misunderstanding of my sense of humour.’
- Instead, they browbeat her, repeatedly cut her off in mid-answer, accused her of ‘filibustering’ and said she was lying…
- His was a strict Presbyterian Scottish background, and his father just browbeat him to get him to work so he'd get into university.
- I talk to very tough people, I don't browbeat children or old women, I browbeat people who can take it.
- As I was saying, if our mothers can't browbeat us into getting married, what hope has a faceless government bureaucracy?
- Not surprisingly, departmental inquiries inevitably favor the offenders and browbeat women into abandoning their complaints, say social workers.
- And, to believe that ‘fighting back’ consists of browbeating our elected politicians into standing up and denouncing Republican badness and wrongness is infantile.
- Their comments came as the new Lord Chief Justice warned ministers not to browbeat judges over how anti-terror laws and other legislation should be applied.
- Now, instead of browbeating his chosen boys into submission, he let them do whatever they wanted.
- The people at Scottish Racing do not seem to be browbeating ministers, civil servants and enterprise companies, so I will do it for them.
Synonyms bully, hector, intimidate, force, coerce, compel, badger, dragoon, cow, bludgeon, persecute, domineer, oppress, pressure, pressurize, tyrannize, terrorize, menace, subjugate, use strong-arm tactics on
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