Browbeat and Cheer

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Browbeat

Browbeat verb - To make timid or fearful by or as if by threats.
Usage example: they would often browbeat the younger child until he cried
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Cheer is an antonym for browbeat.
Nearby Words: browbeaten, browbeating

Cheer

Cheer verb - To declare enthusiastic approval of.
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Browbeat is an antonym for cheer.
Nearby Words: cheerful, cheerless, cheery, cheering, cheerfulness
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Common collocations

guy browbeat guy cheer guy
people browbeat people cheer people
way browbeat way cheer way
opponents browbeat opponents cheer opponents
Other words: rivals, students.
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