Synonyms for brow-beat
- verb
Most common
push around boss around swagger domineer outlook daunt overbear bullyrag
All synonyms
Verb
Definitions
- v. 1
To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.
Related words
- Other spellings
- browbeat
Forms
- Past participle
- brow-beaten
e.g. brow-beaten → bullied, cowed, intimidated, over-awed…
Example sentences
- domineer He tried unsuccessfully to domineer over his office workers.
- outlook Experts have a dire outlook for Morocco's economy.
- daunt The prospect was almost enough to daunt her.
By length
- 3 letters
- cow1
- 5 letters
- bully2, daunt1
- 6 letters
- hector2
- 7 letters
- outlook2, swagger2
- 8 letters
- frighten2, bulldoze2, overbear, domineer3, bullyrag, ballyrag
- 10 letters
- intimidate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bully2 = 2 syllables).