Brow’beat, v. t.

v. t. [imp. BROWBEAT; p. p. BROWBEATEN; p. pr. & vb. n. BROWBEATING.] To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to bear down by impudence; as, to browbeat witnesses.

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