browbeat
verb
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or browbeat;
browbeating
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Synonyms for browbeat
Synonyms
blackjack, bogart, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, cow, hector, intimidate, mau-mau, strong-arm
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For months, Donald Trump has been browbeating on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates. — Oliver Staley, Quartz, "Things are looking up for Trump’s rate cuts," 7 June 2019 The Borderlands 3 reveal has already been marred by ongoing lawsuits concerning Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford, and then Pitchford publicly browbeating Game Informer after the gameplay reveal last week. — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, "This week in games: John Wick tactics, a Blood remaster, and a survival-focused Ghost Recon," 10 May 2019 Puppet deities—the hideous mug of Brute Force for one, a sort of Terry Gilliam meets Dragon Ball Z monstrosity—parade into view and browbeat him. — Max Maller, Chicago Reader, "Prometheus Bound remains inert," 10 May 2018 One exfollower reports attending a meeting at Rajneeshpuram at which Ma Anand Sheela cajoled and browbeat those present to contribute every last possible dime, from their own resources or from family or friends, to the Rajneesh treasury. — Win Mccormack, The New Republic, "Bhagwan’s Bottom Line II," 12 Apr. 2018 Most notably, Bolton reportedly browbeat an intelligence analyst who disputed his view that Cuba was intent on building an advanced biological weapons program. — John Hudson, chicagotribune.com, "John Bolton's hiring as national security adviser sends shock waves through State Department," 27 Mar. 2018 Get our daily newsletter In 1982 America browbeat the European Community, the forerunner of the European Union, into limiting its steel exports to America. — The Economist, "Steel bannedWhy tariffs on steel and aluminium are easier said than done," 24 Mar. 2018 We media types have been browbeaten by the Associated Press to call it daylight saving time, even though most everyone else uses the plural form in daily speech. — Dwight Adams, Indianapolis Star, "Daylight saving time: Hoosiers share their love-hate emotions about it," 10 Mar. 2018 But Trump has kept browbeating his attorney general months after Sessions’ decision to step aside from the investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. — Sadie Gurman, The Seattle Times, "Battered but still loyal to Trump, Sessions endures as AG," 28 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'browbeat.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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