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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

For him, in fact, the swagger and browbeating are often an integral part of the negotiating process.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025

Still, he insists on browbeating others to support a cause as lost as, well, making fetch happen.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2024

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

This divide-and-conquer strategy is better than repeatedly allowing counterexamples to intrude into the main line of an argument while browbeating readers into looking away.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

browbeating

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