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
Mau-mau and browbeat are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mau-mau" instead a verb "Browbeat".
Nearby Words: browbeaten, browbeating
Mau-mau
Mau-mau verb - To make timid or fearful by or as if by threats.
Usage example: the self-appointed guardians of political correctness have been trying to mau-mau the university president into rescinding everyone's freedom of speech
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Mau-mau and Browbeat. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/browbeat/mau-mau
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