browbeating

ADJECTIVE

truculent

Synonyms

WEAK

abusive aggressive antagonistic bad-tempered barbarous bellicose brutal bullying caustic combative contentious contumelious cowing cross defiant ferocious fierce frightening harsh hostile inhuman inhumane intimidating invective mean militant mordacious mordant obstreperous opprobrious ornery pugnacious quarrelsome rude savage scathing scrappy scurrilous sharp sullen terrifying terrorizing trenchant violent vituperative vituperous

Antonyms

WEAK

cooperative gentle mild nice tame

NOUN

coercion

Synonyms

STRONGEST

duress intimidation persuasion

STRONG

bullying constraint force menace restraint threat violence

WEAK

menacing strong-arm tactic threatening

NOUN

intimidation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

coercion

STRONG

frightening

WEAK

cowing daunting demoralizing scare tactics terrorizing threatening

NOUN

war of nerves

Synonyms

WEAK

demoralization intimidation psychological warfare saber-rattling

Example Sentences

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"Hopefully they are done in a memorable enough way that it sticks in people's heads and is more of an inspirational thing rather than browbeating people into feeling bad about not saving the planet."

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

The question is whether the party now meekly succumbs to the browbeating:

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Representatives for the writers described it as a “lecture” and a browbeating session in which they were pressured to accept an Aug. 11 proposal from the AMPTP.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2023

His browbeating got so bad that Judge Lewis Kaplan was forced to repeatedly interrupt and reprimand Tacopino.

From Salon • May 1, 2023

Now he was stuck in the middle of an increasingly acrimonious debate between the browbeating Lawrence and the bedridden Compton.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

browbeating

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