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Definition of Browbeating
1. n. The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, supercilious manners, or confident assertions.
Definition of Browbeating
1. Verb. (present participle of browbeat) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Browbeating
1. browbeat [v] - See also: browbeat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Browbeating
Literary usage of Browbeating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bench and the Bar by James Grant (1837)
"THE browbeating AND VITUPERATIVE SYSTEM CASES OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH AND DR.
SMOLLETT HAPPY RETORTS OF WITNESSES ... THE practice of browbeating witnesses, ..."
2. The Journal of Solomon Sidesplitter [pseud.]: A Collection of Witticisms (1884)
"... so far kept him at bay that, by way of browbeating her, he exclaimed: "Why,
woman, there is brass enough in your face to make a kettle! ..."
3. Memories of Westminster Hall: A Collection of Interesting Incidents by Edward Foss (1874)
"As regards the browbeating of witnesses, there can be no question, that instead
... It would appear that the abusive and browbeating system is by no means a ..."
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