brow´beat´er
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brow|beat — «BROW BEET», transitive verb, beat, beat|en or beat, beat|ing. to frighten into doing something by overbearing looks or threats; bully: »Today s browbeaten youngster, in short, may become tomorrow s tyrant in the home (Newswe … Useful english dictionary
brow·beat — … Useful english dictionary
brow — brow; brow·beat·er; brow·den; brow·less; brow·man; brow·ster; high·brow·ism; low·brow·ism; mid·dle·brow·ism; zu·brow·ka; … English syllables
beat — beat; beat·em·est; beat·er·man; beat·in ·est; beat·nik; beat·om·est; brow·beat·er; burn·beat; bush·beat; bush·beat·er; un·beat·able; beat· em·est; beat·en·est; beat·in·est; … English syllables
Fair Brow — is an Italian fairy tale collected by Thomas Frederick Crane in his Italian Popular Tales . [Thomas Frederick Crane, Italian Popular Tales , [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/crane/fairbrow.html Fair Brow ] ] Italo Calvino included a… … Wikipedia
browbeater — brow·beat·er … English syllables
browbeat — brow|beat [ brau,bit ] (past tense brow|beat; past participle brow|beat|en [ brau,bitn ] ) verb transitive to make someone do something by asking or threatening them until they agree: BULLY: browbeat someone into (doing) something: She wasn t… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
browbeat — brow•beat [[t]ˈbraʊˌbit[/t]] v. t. beat, beat•en, beat•ing to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully • Etymology: 1575–85 brow′beat er, n … From formal English to slang
browbeat — brow|beat [ˈbaubi:t] v past tense browbeat past participle browbeaten [ bi:tn] [T] to try to make someone do something, especially in a threatening way browbeat sb into doing sth ▪ She was determined to browbeat everyone into believing her … Dictionary of contemporary English
browbeat — (v.) to bully, originally to bear down with stern or arrogant looks, 1580s, from BROW (Cf. brow) + BEAT (Cf. beat) (v.). t appears from the earliest quotations ... that the [i]brow in question was that of the beater, not of the beaten party; but… … Etymology dictionary
