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as in intimidating
to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats
they would often browbeat the younger child until he cried
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for browbeating
Adjective
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For instance, kids scored lower on standardized tests in schools with a lot of bullying than kids in schools with effective anti-bullying programs.—
Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
31 July 2024 -
The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham has reached out about providing funding for mental health and anti-bullying programs, and the board has also received offers from external agencies to help with their threat assessment protocol, DeShazo said.—
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al,
4 Oct. 2022
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Three other former Spanish federation members accused of coercion — former women's team coach Jorge Vilda, sports director of the men's team Albert Luque, and head of marketing Ruben Rivera — also were cleared of that charge.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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The court acquitted three other former Spanish federation members accused of coercion: former women’s team coach Jorge Vilda, sports director of the men’s team Albert Luque, and head of marketing Ruben Rivera.—
ASSOCIATED PRESS,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
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This new era of AI can feel intimidating for the limited, human life forms that created it.—
Marc Zao-Sanders,
Harvard Business Review,
17 Dec. 2024
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Only six years older than Crystal, the comedian still found Scorsese intimidating.—
Lester Fabian Brathwaite,
EW.com,
16 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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While Mathu is an ascetic loner, Malby was a hedonistic womanizer.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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By the 18th century, the 13 major ascetic akharas, or sects of Hindu priests, played a central role in Kumbh Mela rituals.—
Aakash Hassan,
The Christian Science Monitor,
29 Jan. 2025
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While Trump aims to bring those supply chains onto American shores, the pandemic showed how disruptions and lengthy adjustments can produce more persistent inflation pressure.—
Howard Schneider,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Davis worries about those without the means, or time, to rebuild, or the pressure to sell, from predatory forces already circling.—
Sam Lubell,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Her writing was poetic yet unflinching, capturing the beauty and the pain of the Black experience.—
Rayna Reid Rayford,
Essence,
18 Feb. 2025
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In the chapters that follow, Holker gives readers an unflinching look at the complex emotions constructing her grief.—
Erin Jensen,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Sadat and Israel’s Menachem Begin were obstinate, colorful negotiators.—
Arthur House,
Hartford Courant,
30 Dec. 2024
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The Founding generation also worried that older men were more inflexible, obstinate, uninterested in change, and stuck in their ways—all leadership qualities at odds with the experimentation needed for representative government.—
Rebecca Brannon / Made by History,
TIME,
3 July 2024
Noun
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But after some arm-twisting from a publisher, her journals were soon released as a book.—
Kevin Dolak,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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What about the shrill speculations that nefarious Trumpian arm-twisting was involved which pressured Netanyahu to comply?—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Browbeating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/browbeating. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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