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browbeat
browbeat, v. (ˈbraʊbiːt) Pa. tense browbeat, pa. pple. browbeaten (browbeat obs.). [f. brow n.1 + beat v.; it appears from the earlier quotations (see esp. browbeating vbl. n.), that the brow in question was that of the beater, not of the beaten party; but it is not evident whether the meaning was ‘... Oxford English Dictionary
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browbeat
browbeat/ˈbraubi:t; `braʊˌbit/ v(pt browbeat, pp browbeaten/ ˈbraubi:tn; `braʊˌbitn/) [Tn, Tn.pr]~ sb (into doing sth) frighten sb with stern looks and words; bully ; intimidate (以神情或言语)吓唬某人; 欺侮; 威吓 The judge browbeat the witness. 那法官威吓证人. I won't be browbeaten into accepting your proposals. 我不会在威迫之... 牛津英汉双解词典
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Brooke Axtell
In an interview with Browbeat, Slate's culture blog, Axtell testified to having been in an abusive relationship, the experience that helped spur her toward wikipedia.org
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Frightened - definition of frightened by The Free Dictionary
frighten: verb affright , alarm , browbeat , bully , bullyrag , cow , daunt , deter , disquiet , exterrere , fright , give cause for alarm , horrify , intimidate ...
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Synonyms of THREATEN | Collins American English Thesaurus
5 days agoSynonyms for THREATEN: intimidate, browbeat, bully, lean on, menace, pressurize, terrorize, endanger, imperil, jeopardize, …
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Orrin Hatch and the etymology of "shot their wad." - Slate Magazine
Many assumed that the phrase shoot one's wad is based on a sexual meaning: to ejaculate. But as one of Weixel's colleagues at the Hill soon reported, the expression has had a long non-sexual ...
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browbeater
browbeater (ˈbraʊˌbiːtə(r)) [f. browbeat + -er1.] One who browbeats.1670 W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. To Rdr. 11 A magisterial browbeater. 1823 Lamb Elia (1860) 138 The scarecrow of his inferiors, the brow-beater of equals and superiors. Oxford English Dictionary
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Threaten legal definition of threaten - TheFreeDictionary.com Legal ...
threaten: verb admonish , augur , be near at hand, blackmail , bode , browbeat , coerce , comminari , comminate , forebode , foreshadow , forewarn , frighten ...
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William McGaa
Jerome Smiley wrote, "McGaa had promised more than he could perform, was a troublesome customer to manage, and a hard man to browbeat." wikipedia.org
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Ranking the best versions of Donny Hathaway's "This Christmas."
10. Fantasia. Fantasia's voice is like a warm blanket on a snowy day, and her passion for music comes through every time she blesses a mic. Unfortunately, the production on this track is too ...
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THREATEN Synonyme | Collins Englischer Thesaurus
Synonyme für THREATEN auf Englisch: intimidate, bully, menace, terrorize, warn, cow, lean on, pressurize, browbeat, make threats to, …
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browbeating
▪ I. browbeating, vbl. n. (ˈbraʊˌbiːtɪŋ) [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of the verb browbeat; orig., it appears, = ‘scowling, frowning’.1581 J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 486 b, To be afrayd of any her subjects lowring or browbeating. 1693 Locke Educ. 42 Constant Rebukes and Brow-beatings. 1765 Tu... Oxford English Dictionary
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Alison Douglas
It is thought that Humes browbeat Douglas to force these marriages. wikipedia.org
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The Ophelias (California band)
Strange Weekend Records) The Night Of Halloween (1987 Rough Trade) Oriental Head (1988 Rough Trade) The Big O (1989 Rough Trade) Bare Bodkin (2017 Browbeat (2018 Browbeat)Green Girl (2019 Browbeat)Out of Thy Star (2020 Browbeat)Thus spake Psilocybin.'' (2021 Browbeat) Members Leslie Medford (October 1984 wikipedia.org
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bavardage
‖ bavardage (bavarˈdaʒ) [Fr., f. bavard-er to chatter, f. bavard talkative, f. bave saliva, drivel.] Idle talk, prattle, chattering.1835 Lytton Rienzi ii. v. 133 Replying only by monosyllables to the gay bavardage of the Knight. 1882 Q. Rev., Jacobin Conq. 152 They were browbeat, contradicted, told ... Oxford English Dictionary
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