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Meanings of browbeaten in English

Intimidated.

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Usage of browbeaten in English
1
Not yet browbeaten, the warlike Mrs. Sherman appealed to the General Court.
The Beginnings of New England / Or the Puritan Theocracy in its ...
2
Parker, a former gay rights activist, said she would not be browbeaten.
The Guardian
3
Rangers, earlier bullish, were now browbeaten with injustice overtaken by harsh realities.
The Guardian
4
He had learned that the students would not be browbeaten or bullied.
Breaking Away; or, The Fortunes of a Student
5
He was not easily browbeaten, and was generally prepared to browbeat others.
The Three Clerks
6
He had been badly browbeaten, and-forsome reason-hehad had to submit.
The Bars of Iron
7
Might not his integrity be browbeaten and defeated, as mine had been?
Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
8
I'm struggling to do my best, and I'm browbeaten on every side.
Doctor Thorne
9
Why was I always suffering, always browbeaten, always accused, for ever condemned?
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
10
But Sussex is not easily browbeaten when it thinks itself in the right.
The Postmaster's Daughter
11
No longer ostracised and browbeaten, Putin was the man everybody wanted to meet.
The Guardian
12
She could not allow herself to be forever browbeaten by Sarah.
The Rains Came
13
The landed interest is not going to be browbeaten by coal-mines.
Red Pottage
14
We are not to be browbeaten in this style, remarked Squire Paget, pompously.
The Young Bridge-Tender; or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle
15
But I couldn't forget the daughter of this browbeaten American father.
A Fool and His Money
16
A browbeaten glance, almost of misery, was all she gave him.
The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid
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