English → Latin
“brow-beat” in Latin
perturbōto confuse; to disturb or perturb, trouble or alarmīnsolēnsunusual; contrary to custom or one’s own custom; arrogant, haughty, insolentsuperbusproud, rude, supercilious, arrogant, haughty, uncivil, insolent, discourteous; proud, superior, superb, excellent, distisuperciliumThe eyebrow.; The nod, the will.; Pride, haughtiness, arrogance, sternness, superciliousness.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
brow-beat
(torvo or minaci) vultu aliquem terrere, perturbare; aliquem impudenter or insolenter tractare; in aliquem insolentius se gerere; aliquem ludibrio habere. Brow-beating, insolens, superbus: substantively, supercilium.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for brow-beat?
- The usual Latin words for “brow-beat” are perturbō, īnsolēns, superbus; also supercilium. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.