intimidator
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7.5
- noun
- /ɪnˈtɪmɪˌdeɪtər/
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intimidante
- In the meeting, she became an intimidator, dominating the discussion to ensure everyone else remained silent.
- the big intimidator
Examples
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Townline jockeys just whip out their New York Press license plates from under the front seat and muscle through with some intimidator from their big Mercedes fleet.
Fiction book (1995) -
The bully was known as an intimidator, often scaring younger kids into giving him their lunch money.
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Ernie's got a heart of gold, but what an intimidator.
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His buddies, enjoying their role as intimidators, grab the bird and begin to search it for evidence.
Fiction book (1995) -
It must be that China has a strategy of using North Korea as an intimidator to all, a powder keg ready to blow at any second.
Blog text (28) -
He knew that Paret could not seal the Intimidator against his men, even by ordering a battle-stations lockdown.
Fiction book (1998) -
The aggressive dog served as an intimidator, warning intruders to stay away from the property.
Synonyms
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6.3
A person who repeatedly bothers, threatens, or scares others
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8.3
A person who harms or tricks another person to control them
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7.4
A person who causes pain or distress to someone on purpose
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5.8
A person who tries to make others afraid by saying they will hurt them
Antonyms
How Intimidating
Surface Forms
Morphology
intimidator = intimidate (transparent) = intimidate + or
Productive agent-noun formation from the verb 'intimidate' with the regular suffix '-or', meaning 'one who intimidates'.
Etymology
Intimidator comes from the parts in- and timid, where timid means 'fear' and is the same root as the English word timid. So an intimidator is someone who makes other people feel fear, often to control or threaten them.