Browbeat vs Tyrannise - What's the difference?
browbeat | tyrannise |
To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
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As verbs the difference between browbeat and tyrannise
is that browbeat is to bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way while tyrannise is .browbeat
English
Alternative forms
* brow-beatVerb
- Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.
Synonyms
* (to bully in an intimidating way) bully, cow, domineer, intimidateReferences
* * English irregular verbstyrannise
English
Verb
(tyrannis)- And, above all, no animal must ever tyrannise over his own kind. Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers.