BROWBEATING

Verb

browbeating

present participle of browbeat

Noun

browbeating (plural browbeatings)

A scolding.

Source: Wiktionary

Brow"beat`ing, n.

Definition: The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, suspercilious manners, or confident assertions. The imperious browbeating and scorn of great men. L'Estrange.

BROWBEAT

Brow"beat`, v. t. [imp. Browbeat; p. p. Browbeaten; p. pr. & vb. n. Browbeating.]

Definition: 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. My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten. W. Irving.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition