Harass vs Browbeat - What's the difference?
harass | browbeat | Synonyms |
To fatigue or to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts.
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To annoy endlessly or systematically; to molest.
* 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 23[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/23]
To put excessive burdens upon; to subject to anxieties.
(obsolete) devastation; waste
(obsolete) worry; harassment
To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
Harass is a synonym of browbeat.
As verbs the difference between harass and browbeat
is that harass is to fatigue or to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts while browbeat is to bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.As a noun harass
is (obsolete) devastation; waste.harass
English
Verb
(es)- In my old home, I always knew that John and my master were my friends; but here, although in many ways I was well treated, I had no friend. York might have known, and very likely did know, how that rein harassed me; but I suppose he took it as a matter of course that could not be helped; at any rate nothing was done to relieve me.
- in the early 1940s.
Synonyms
* hassle * harry * chivy or chivvy * chevy or chevvy * beset * plague * molest * provokeDerived terms
* harasser * harassmentExternal links
* *Noun
- (Milton)
- (Byron)
browbeat
English
Alternative forms
* brow-beatVerb
- Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.
