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browbeat

-) Verb. 

-) Pronunciation and accent: braʊbiːt. 

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

-) Preterite tense: browbeat.

-) Preterite participle: browbeaten. 

-) Present participle: browbeating.

-) Definition: to intimidate by a stern look; to discourage by looking sternly; to bully by frowning.

-) 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.

Anthony Trollope… Can you forgive her? 1864

-) With the preposition into, to signify the state resulting from the browbeating:

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

Charlotte Yonge… Monthly Packet

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.

Frederick Ober… Travels in Mexico 1883

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