Word a Day
browbeat
What does browbeat mean?
browbeat (verb): to bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use browbeat in a sentence?
- Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce browbeat?
/ˈbɹaʊˌbit/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does browbeat come from?
From brow + beat.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of browbeat?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “browbeat”?
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What does “browbeat” mean?
to renew; to revamp something to make it look new again
Not quite: that's what renovate means.
to bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way
Right! That's what “browbeat” means.
to seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest
Not quite: that's what apprehend means.
to appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority
Not quite: that's what invoke means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “browbeat”?
stink
Not quite: stink means something else.
stalk
Not quite: stalk means something else.
bully
Right!
deter
Not quite: deter means something else.
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