browbeatingn.
/ˈbraʊˌbiːtɪŋ/ The action of browbeat v.; originally, it appears, = ‘scowling, frowning’.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [noun] > instance or action of intimidating or bullying
daunta1400
dauntingc1400
fear1426
discomfort1512
discouraging1578
appalement1579
browbeating1581
appall1598
huffing1600
appaling1603
appalment1611
disheartening1619
intimidation1658
hectorism1672
bullying1680
bullocking1715
huff1773
bullyism1821
disheartenment1830
table-thumping1839
bulldozing1876
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 486 b To be afrayd of any her subjects lowring or browbeating.
1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. 42 Constant Rebukes and Brow-beatings.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 299 The discouragements and brow-beating of censorious..persons.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India III. vi. ii. 68 The brow-beating of a witness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
browbeatingadj.
That browbeats; bullying, insolent.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [adjective]
dauntinga1400
dismayfulc1595
huffing1602
dismaying1653
disheartening1654
disanimating1659
hectoring1664
bullying1681
bullocking1715
intimidatinga1812
browbeating1816
appalling1817
cowing1843
intimidatorya1846
dompting1912
fuck-off1962
1816 Brief Remarks Eng. Manners 63 Browbeating insolence.
1864 F. M. Müller Chips (1880) I. vii. 147 A cross-examination by a brow-beating lawyer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
<
n.1581adj.1816