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to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats
they would often browbeat the younger child until he cried
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Recent Examples of browbeating
Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
This might take a series of browbeating prompts, but that’s not a big deal.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
Analysts have suggested a vote from Waller in favor of interest rate cuts, aligning with the president’s browbeating demands for lower borrowing costs—could be seen as a bellwether for his candidacy.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
This might take a series of browbeating prompts, but that’s not a big deal.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for browbeating
Adjective
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The businessman claimed the payout from the suit would go to anti-bullying causes.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
29 Dec. 2025
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The experience led the Dunns to file a report in accordance with anti-bullying provisions in New York's Dignity For All Students Act.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
22 Nov. 2025
Noun
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When energy security is pursued through coercion, legal shortcuts, or discretionary intervention, those foundations weaken.—
Maria Mendiluce,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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To overthrow a government that uses brutality and coercion to cling to power and whose militancy had made their country an international pariah, impoverishing its citizens.—
Molly Hunter,
NBC news,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The man arrested for Tuesday’s attack, Anthony Kazmierczak, faces a charge of forcibly assaulting, opposing, impeding and intimidating Omar, according to a complaint filed in federal court.—
Alanna Durkin Richer,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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On the 2025 framing case, the jury found Scott guilty of misappropriating a person's identity to harm reputation and of intimidating a witness, but not guilty of two counts of bail jumping.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The bulk of the album has been painted with a similarly ascetic palette.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
6 Jan. 2026
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Despite his limitations, Joe displayed an impressive degree of ascetic discipline and a ravenous desire for God.—
Christian Wiman,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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As priorities are refreshed and budgets defended, the pressure to demonstrate productivity in visible ways becomes the default response.—
Dilan Gomih,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Thermal and pressure bonding of a capping layer The research team showed that thermal and pressure bonding of a capping layer to a perovskite surface suppresses defect initiation from iodide loss and enhances long-term stability.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Just as Love is unapologetic and complex, so is this unflinching documentary.—
Dominique Fluker,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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This material was graphic, unflinching, and deeply intimate.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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He was previously charged with domestic violence, intimidation, possession of a weapon, violation of a court order and vehicle theft, the agency said.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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This week, Scott was convicted of witness intimidation by a jury.—
Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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What frustrated her most was that the issue refused to stay resolved.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
30 Dec. 2025
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Since then, attorneys and judges have overseen multiple lenient plea deals and case dismissals, while local prosecutors reviewed hundreds of active and resolved cases that Tran investigated.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Browbeating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/browbeating. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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