browbeating
browbeating is the present participle and gerund of browbeat.
Meaning of browbeat
Verb
browbeat (third-person singular simple present browbeats, present participle browbeating, simple past browbeat, past participle browbeaten)
- To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
- Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.
- Synonyms:
- bully, cow, domineer, intimidate, buffalo, bulldoze, dastardize, daunt, dishearten, do down
Noun
browbeating (plural browbeatings)
- A scolding.
- Synonyms:
- berating, correption, going over, chiding, chockling, dirdum, down the banks, dressing down, jawing, lecture
Synonyms of browbeating
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Forms of browbeating
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Questions about browbeating
- What does browbeating mean?
- Browbeating means a scolding.
- What is browbeating the present participle and gerund of?
- Browbeating is the present participle and gerund of browbeat.
- What part of speech is browbeating?
- Browbeating is a noun.
- What is the plural of browbeating?
- The plural of browbeating is browbeatings.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: browbeating (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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