Thesaurus / browbeaten
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synonyms for browbeaten
- acquiescent
- compliant
- constrained
- docile
- dominated
- in fear of one's wife
- intimidated
- led by the nose
- meek
- nagged
- obedient
- passive
- resigned
- subjected to nagging
- submissive
- timid
- unassertive
- under one's thumb
- unresisting
- wife-ridden
- yielding
- ambivalent
- bashful
- demure
- diffident
- fearful
- feeble
- frightened
- gentle
- humble
- modest
- nervous
- weak
- Milquetoast
- shrinking
- trembling
- wavering
- yellow
- afraid
- apprehensive
- badgered
- bullied
- capricious
- cowardly
- cowed
- cowering
- coy
- daunted
- fainthearted
- having cold feet
- intimidated
- irresolute
- mousy
- pusillanimous
- retiring
- shaky
- soft
- spineless
- spiritless
- submissive
- timorous
- unassertive
- unassured
- unnerved
- vacillating
antonyms for browbeaten
MOST RELEVANT
- able
- bold
- brave
- calm
- conceited
- courageous
- egotistical
- extroverted
- loud
- proud
- strong
- unabashed
- unafraid
- daring
- fearless
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use browbeaten in a sentence
Bentham shrank from the world in which he was easily browbeaten to the study in which he could reign supreme.
THE ENGLISH UTILITARIANS, VOLUME I.LESLIE STEPHENThis was child's play to Mr. Chambers, who had browbeaten and overpowered even the directors of great corporations.
TO HIM THAT HATHLEROY SCOTTHe was not of the type that submits to being manhandled and browbeaten into purchasing cast-off garments.
THE SUBSTITUTE PRISONERMAX MARCINUnwilling to be browbeaten on the threshold of my own door, I determined to say something ere I returned to my place.
THE CHAINBEARERJ. FENIMORE COOPERM. Necker, whose characteristic is the want of firmness, was browbeaten and intimidated, and the King shaken.
THE DOMESTIC LIFE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON COMPILED FROM FAMILY LETTERS AND REMINISCENCESSARAH N. RANDOLPHShall we, who fear not Indra even, be threatened and browbeaten by the weak sons of Pandu?
INDIAN MYTH AND LEGENDDONALD ALEXANDER MACKENZIEThe trooper was a dark, smart, dapper young fellow, of a type not easily browbeaten or subdued.
STINGAREEE. W. (ERNEST WILLIAM) HORNUNGDo you think a girl will submit to that meekly—to be browbeaten, abused, endangered as I have been!
THE LADY AND THE PIRATEEMERSON HOUGHHe had been browbeaten by Phineas Finn, simply because Phineas had been able to retreat within those happy doors.
PHINEAS REDUXANTHONY TROLLOPEHe despised himself for it; but all the while, in a shifting, browbeaten way, he was seeking for an excuse to capitulate.
HIDDEN WATERDANE COOLIDGEWORDS RELATED TO BROWBEATEN
- Milquetoast
- afraid
- ambivalent
- apprehensive
- badgered
- bashful
- browbeaten
- bullied
- capricious
- cowardly
- cowed
- cowering
- coy
- daunted
- demure
- diffident
- fainthearted
- fearful
- feeble
- frightened
- gentle
- having cold feet
- humble
- intimidated
- irresolute
- modest
- mousy
- nervous
- pusillanimous
- retiring
- shaky
- shrinking
- soft
- spineless
- spiritless
- submissive
- timorous
- trembling
- unassertive
- unassured
- unnerved
- vacillating
- wavering
- weak
- yellow
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.