Definitions for browbeats

browbeats brow·beat

Spelling: [brou-beet]
IPA: /ˈbraʊˌbit/

Browbeats is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 503 anagrams from letters in browbeats (abbeorstw).

Definitions for browbeats

verb (used with object)

  1. to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully:

Origin of browbeats

First recorded in 1575-85; brow + beat

Examples for browbeats

Wolsey had raised a storm in 1523 by trying to browbeat the House of Commons.

After parents and friends “browbeat” them about where to apply, what really influenced their decision about where to go?

I have to browbeat, bribe, blackmail and bulldoze you thugs into doing a simple job.

Can he courteously talk to an equal, and browbeat an impudent dunce?

She says the group "browbeat" Komen into reversing its decision, sparking a media storm that led Handel and many others to resign.

Still, he said, it was a mistake for a man to allow events to browbeat him.

But if he comes to Israel to save it from itself or to browbeat its governing coalition, he is sure to return empty handed.

The answer is not to browbeat the parties to scurry to the negotiating table.

I'm not here to browbeat you, Mr. Worthington, or lie to you.

He cross-questioned the witnesses, and did his best to browbeat Peverell.

Word Value for browbeats
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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