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browbeat in Spanish

browbeat in Spanish is intimidar — browbeat means to pressure or frighten someone by being harsh and forceful.

browbeat in Spanish

intimidar
verb
(transitive) To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.

What does "browbeat" mean?

  1. verb To pressure or frighten someone by being harsh and forceful.
    "Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson."
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browbeat in a sentence

  • Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.
  • Autistics don’t need cognitive behavioral training to help us not be rules by our emotions. In fact, most of us have been browbeaten into ignoring our feelings too much.

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What is "browbeat" in Spanish?
"browbeat" in Spanish is intimidar. browbeat means: To pressure or frighten someone by being harsh and forceful.
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