browbeaten

Synonyms for browbeaten

verb castigate, nag

adjective. shamefaced

adjective. dominated by one's wife

adjective. frightened

"to bully," originally "to bear down with stern or arrogant looks," 1580s, from brow + beat (v.).

Related: Browbeaten; browbeating.

Let us, therefore, not be browbeaten by civilization on account of its antiquity.

He had learned that the students would not be browbeaten or bullied.

From that time forth it was recognized that he was not the sort of man to be browbeaten.

He was not one to be browbeaten or cheated, and he resolved to fight out the battle.

She was a haughty old dame, but she was browbeaten by her maid.

We can show him that boy scouts are not to be trifled with and browbeaten.

Why should he be browbeaten into communicating his private affairs to a stranger?

I asked if these shackled and browbeaten prisoners were Christians.

"She says she does," said Jack, determined not to be browbeaten by this man's force.

I had been browbeaten and humiliated and would make my triumph complete.