About The Word Intimidate
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Intimidate
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What's The Definition Of Intimidate?
[v] make timid or fearful; "Her boss intimidates her"
[v] to compel or deter by or as if by threats Synonyms | Synonyms for Intimidate: restrain Related Terms | Find terms related to Intimidate: abash | admonish | alarm | awe | badger | bait | be imminent | beat down | blackjack | bludgeon | bluff | bluster | bluster and bluff | bluster out of | bounce | brag | break | browbeat | bulldoze | bully | bullyrag | castrate | caution | chivy | clamp down on | coerce | comminate | compel | constrain | cow | cry out against | daunt | demoralize | denounce | despotize | dismay | disquiet | dissuade | domineer | domineer over | dragoon | enslave | expostulate | force | forebode | frighten | frighten off | gasconade | grind | grind down | harass | hector | henpeck | hijack | hound | huff | keep down | keep under | kid out of | look threatening | lord it over | lower | menace | oblige | oppress | out-herod Herod | overawe | overbear | overmaster | override | petrify | press heavy on | rage | rant | rave | remonstrate | repress | ride | ride over | ride roughshod over | roister | rollick | ruffle | scare | shanghai | slang | splutter | sputter | steamroller | storm | strong-arm | subjugate | suppress | swagger | swashbuckle | systematically terrorize | talk out of | terrify | terrorize | threaten | trample down | trample upon | tread down | tread upon | tyrannize | tyrannize over | unman | unpersuade | use violence | utter threats against | vapor | walk all over | walk over | warn | weigh heavy on See Also | affright | ballyrag | boss around | browbeat | bully | bullyrag | dash | daunt | discourage | fright | frighten | frighten away | frighten off | hector | hold over | pall | push around | scare | scare away | scare off | strong-arm | warn Intimidate In Webster's Dictionary \In*tim"i*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intimidated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Intimidating}.] [LL. intimidatus, p. p. of
intimidare to frighten; pref. in- in + timidus fearful,
timid: cf. F. intimider. See {Timid}.]
To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to
deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.
Now guilt, once harbored in the conscious breast,
Intimidates the brave, degrades the great. --Johnson.
Syn: To dishearten; dispirit; abash; deter; frighten;
terrify; daunt; cow.
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