to intimidate
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4.9
- verb
- /ɪnˈtɪmɪˌdeɪt/
:
intimidar
- The bully tried to intimidate his classmates with threats and aggression.
- feel intimidated
- harass and intimidate
- intimidate or coerce
And that would be enough to intimidate anybody.
- And that would be enough to intimidate anybody.
- It it makes them much more capable of intimidating neighbors.
- Maybe I was intimidating or because I was harsh on the questions.
- And the police had brought this young man into this place to intimidate him into telling the truth.
- They, they, they were, they were trying to intimidate me.
- And so you want to create an aura that excites, intrigues, and even intimidates people to some degree.
- And the fact is, though, that what was really going on is I was intimidated by money.
- Let's get to the root of the issue and not just default to people are intimidated.
- And this would become what he called collateral in which he could threaten them, intimidate them and say, I know your secrets.
Examples
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And the police had brought this young man into this place to intimidate him into telling the truth.
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We can't let these guys intimidate us.
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And that would be enough to intimidate anybody.
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So the first is you already know the strategy, you intimidate them, right?
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Your Honor, is he allowed to just intimidate me like this?
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Turning Point UK members, by contrast, seek to intimidate our young people.
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Apparently I intimidate them if you don't answer yes to that question.
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Don't let 'em intimidate you.
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The United States will not be intimidated.
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The general public also was less easy to intimidate and less tolerant of antisocial behavior.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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1.0
To make someone feel afraid or unsure of themselves
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3.3
To tell someone you will hurt them to make them afraid
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1.0
To make someone feel afraid
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3.5
To try to stop something by making people less willing to do it
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3.2
To make someone feel very frightened
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6.7
To frighten someone very much by using threats or violence
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5.6
Make someone less likely to do something by making them fear bad results
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6.4
Force someone to do something by threats
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3.8
To scare or hurt someone, often someone weaker
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6.3
To make someone feel nervous and less confident
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7.2
To make someone feel afraid or less confident
Antonyms
How Intimidating
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6.7
148
3.2
294
4.9
133
1.9
7
4.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
intimidate = intimid (semi-transparent) = in + timid + ate
The suffix '-ate' modifies 'intimid' to form a verb, but the specific meaning of 'intimidate' as 'to frighten or make someone feel less confident' is not fully transparent.
Etymology
The word intimidate comes from the old root timid meaning 'fear', which you can see in the common word timid. So to intimidate someone is to make them feel 'afraid' or less confident, often to make them do what you want.