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browbeaten

/ˈbɹaʊbiːtən/

browbeaten is the past participle of browbeat.

Meaning of browbeat

Verb

browbeat (third-person singular simple present browbeats, present participle browbeating, simple past browbeat, past participle browbeaten)

  1. (transitive) To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
    • Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.

Adjective

browbeaten (comparative more browbeaten, superlative most browbeaten)

  1. intimidated or subjugated

Forms of browbeaten

comparativemore browbeaten
superlativemost browbeaten

Origin of browbeaten

From brow + beaten.

Questions about browbeaten

What does browbeaten mean?
Browbeaten means intimidated or subjugated.
What is browbeaten the past participle of?
Browbeaten is the past participle of browbeat.
What part of speech is browbeaten?
Browbeaten is an adjective.
How do you pronounce browbeaten?
Browbeaten is pronounced /ˈbɹaʊbiːtən/.

Words near browbeaten in the dictionary

  1. Broward County
  2. browas
  3. browband
  4. browbands
  5. browbeat
  6. browbeaten
  7. browbeater
  8. browbeaters
  9. browbeating
  10. browbeatings
  11. browbeats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: browbeaten (page history and authors); browbeat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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