as in intimidating
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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as in bullying
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as in coercion
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for browbeating
Verb
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For contractors, welcoming verification may seem intimidating at first.—
Brynn Cooksey,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025 -
Extend your stay in Portorosso with the 2021 short Ciao Alberto, which follows Alberto working for the intimidating fisherman Massimo (Marco Barricelli).—
Sydni Ellis,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Fans have become so invested in the series’ twisted love triangle at the heart of the plot that creator Jenny Han issued an anti-bullying message.—
Jodi Guglielmi,
Rolling Stone,
29 Aug. 2025
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As a direct result of the case, the school district adopted a sweeping set of anti-bullying and suicide prevention policies specifically designed to protect LGBTQ+ students.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Across the Pacific, the signs of Chinese economic coercion and military intimidation are everywhere.—
Chris Coons,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
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Without a civilizational understanding of Tibetans’ relation to the Dalai Lama and his central place in Tibetan Buddhism, Beijing’s only tool is coercion.—
Tenzin Dorjee,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In fact, the ascetic value of fasting from meat required that the person otherwise enjoy it.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Aug. 2025
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Greens embodied the ascetic lushness of the farm-to-table movement, which, in Northern California, was synonymous with the Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse.—
John Birdsall,
New Yorker,
25 July 2025
Noun
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The decision comes following months of mass deportations and pressure to close Alligator Alcatraz, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility located in the Florida Everglades.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, Europe is battling its own demons, including a surge in far-right nationalism and economic pressures.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Both tender and unflinching, ‘Christy’ is a celebration of persistence, humor, and humanity in the face of unexpected turns.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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The winning systems are built with unflinching specificity for their domain.—
Divyaditya Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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It is designed to get Jew-hatred and racist ideology out of our schools, to protect all children and to ensure that Jewish children and educators — like everyone else — can learn and work in an environment free from harassment, intimidation or violence.—
Daniel Klein,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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There can be an intimidation factor to playing at Yankee Stadium, but Guerrero has never felt it in the slightest.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There’s something admirable, in an obstinate way, about Coen choosing to make lesbian B-movies that clock in at under 90 minutes as his first and second solo features following his creative split with Joel in 2018.—
Daniel Bromfield,
Mercury News,
29 Aug. 2025
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Our investor was obstinate, the seller was impatient, and my team was exhausted.—
Pankaj Vasani,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Browbeating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/browbeating. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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