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browbeating

/brou-beet/US // ˈbraʊˌbit //UK // (ˈbraʊˌbiːt) //

扬眉吐气,眉飞色舞,眉目传情,扬眉吐气的

Related Words

bully恶霸,恃强凌弱,欺负人,欺凌hector赫克托,赫克特,赫克托尔,呵斥intimidate恫吓,恐吓,吓唬人,吓唬coerce胁迫,逼迫,迫胁,迫害harass骚扰,扰乱,骚扰他人,骚扰别人oppress压迫,欺压,镇压,压迫别人badger獾子,獾,獾獾,狗獾lean on倚靠,拄着,倚赖,倚仗cow牛,奶牛,牛类,牛只frighten惊吓,吓一跳,吓唬吓唬,吓唬人bludgeon打棍子,打击,棍棒,拍打tyrannize横行霸道,暴虐,霸王硬上弓,霸占threaten威胁,威胁说,恐吓,威胁到bulldoze推土机,推平,推土,推倒bluster虚张声势,唬人,耀武扬威domineer扈从,霸气,扈从者,霸道overawe凌厉,凌辱,凌迟,凌驾dragoon龙的故事overbear忍耐,忍耐力,忍受,承受不起lord it over霸占,霸占着,霸王硬上弓,霸气

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    brow·beat, brow·beat·en, brow·beat·ing.

    • : to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbcastigate, nag
Forms: browbeaten
Synonyms
badger獾子,獾,獾獾,狗獾bully恶霸,恃强凌弱,欺负人,欺凌coerce胁迫,逼迫,迫胁,迫害harass骚扰,扰乱,骚扰他人,骚扰别人hector赫克托,赫克特,赫克托尔,呵斥intimidate恫吓,恐吓,吓唬人,吓唬lean on倚靠,拄着,倚赖,倚仗oppress压迫,欺压,镇压,压迫别人bludgeon打棍子,打击,棍棒,拍打bluster虚张声势,唬人,耀武扬威bulldoze推土机,推平,推土,推倒cow牛,奶牛,牛类,牛只domineer扈从,霸气,扈从者,霸道dragoon龙的故事frighten惊吓,吓一跳,吓唬吓唬,吓唬人overawe凌厉,凌辱,凌迟,凌驾overbear忍耐,忍耐力,忍受,承受不起threaten威胁,威胁说,恐吓,威胁到tyrannize横行霸道,暴虐,霸王硬上弓,霸占despotize专制化,霸王化,霸占,霸王硬上弓lord it over霸占,霸占着,霸王硬上弓,霸气put heat on发热,放热,发火,开火put the chill on寒气逼人,寒气袭人,寒意袭人,寒风凛冽put through the wringer经受住了考验,经受住了煎熬,经受住考验

Examples

  • The thing that I got clear on very early on was, you’re not going to browbeat or moralize your way to this issue.

  • During a meeting, Lindstrom yelled at his colleagues for going around him and browbeating his people, according to an official who was present.

  • Instead, they till a middle ground, choosing to teach by example rather than by browbeating.

  • The Watertown men must soon have recovered from the browbeating he had given them.

  • Where the South cannot effect her object by browbeating, she wheedles.

  • No wonder he thought them a lot of savages, browbeating their hostess the way they did.

  • Together they passed down the central path, insulting the women and browbeating the men.

  • But you are continually scolding at her, browbeating her, and making her as uncomfortable and unhappy as you can.

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