/browbeat-meaning

/browbeat-meaning-etymology

-) Verb. 

-) Pronunciation and accent: braʊbiːt. 

-) Etymology: it is analyzed into BROW (noun) + BEAT (verb).

-) Preterite tense: browbeat.

-) Preterite participle: browbeaten. 

-) Present participle: browbeating.

-) It is dated from the end of 1500.

-) Meaning: to intimidate by a stern look; to discourage by looking sternly. Hence: to bully; intimidate by words or in an aggressive manner.

-) Translation: intimidar con la mirada, in Spanish; intimidire ammiccando torvamente, in Italian; intimider avec le regard, in French.

They browbeat me and frightened me till I did as I was told.

A. Trollope… Can you forgive her? 1864

-) With the preposition “into”: the state resulting from the browbeating:

There had been some woman, who […] had been cheated and browbeaten into silence.

C. Yonge… Monthly Packet… 1851-1899

I admired the pluck of my little friend, that would not let him be browbeaten into paying it out before he was ready, though in apparent danger from the Indian with the bad-looking eyes.

F. Ober… Travels in Mexico… 1883

-) English words derived from “browbeat”:  browbeating, browbeater.