Past tense of browbeat
irregular verb
The past tense of browbeat is browbeat. The past participle is browbeaten.
Forms of browbeat
| Base form (V1) | browbeat /ˈbɹaʊ.biːt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | browbeat /ˈbɹaʊ.biːt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | browbeaten /ˈbɹaʊbiːtən/ |
| Present participle | browbeating |
| Third person singular | browbeats |
Browbeaten in a sentence
- In fact, most of us have been browbeaten into ignoring our feelings too much.2022, Devon Price, chapter 2, in Michele Eniclerico, editor, Unmasking Autism, New York: Harmony Books, →ISBN, page 74
Meaning of browbeat
- verb To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
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Questions about the past tense of browbeat
- What is the past tense of browbeat?
- The past tense of browbeat is browbeat.
- What is the past participle of browbeat?
- The past participle of browbeat is browbeaten.
- Is browbeat a regular or irregular verb?
- Browbeat is an irregular verb: its past tense keeps the same form as the base form.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: browbeat (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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