Browbeat

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To intimidate or subjugate by an overbearing manner or domineering speech; bully. See Synonyms at intimidate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; in general, to bear down by impudence.
  • Synonyms To overbear, insult, bully, hector.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. be bossy towards
  • v. discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    coax    inveigle    palaver    sweet-talk    cajole   
    Variant
    browbeaten   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bully    bulla    domineer    intimidate    cow