Browbeating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Browbeat \Brow"beat`\, v. t. [imp. {Browbeat}; p. p.
     {Browbeaten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Browbeating}.]
     To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with
     arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or
     disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully;
     as, to browbeat witnesses.


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           My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten. --W.
                                                    Irving.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Browbeating \Brow"beat`ing\, n.
     The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with
     stern looks, supercilious manners, or confident assertions.
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           The imperious browbeatings and scorn of great men.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
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