'Browbeaten' definitions:

Definition of 'Browbeaten'

From: GCIDE
  • Browbeat \Brow"beat`\, v. t. [imp. Browbeat; p. p. Browbeaten; p. pr. & vb. n. Browbeating.] To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses. [1913 Webster]
  • My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]