About The Word Intimidation

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Intimidation

Intimidation Meaning & Definition
Intimidation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Intimidation?

[n] the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something
[n] a communication that makes you afraid to try something
[n] the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid
[n] the feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc.

Synonyms | Synonyms for Intimidation: bullying | determent | deterrence

Related Terms | Find terms related to Intimidation: admonition | argumentum baculinum | bluff | bluster | bluster and bluff | blustering | boastfulness | bravado | browbeating | bulldozing | bullying | bustle | caution | cautioning | caveat | coercion | commination | cowing | demoralization | denunciation | determent | deterrence | duress | empty threat | expostulation | fanfaronade | flurry | fluster | foreboding | frightening | frightening off | fuss | hectoring | high pressure | idle threat | imminence | implied threat | menace | monition | pressure | promise of harm | psychological warfare | rant | remonstrance | rodomontade | side | splutter | sputter | strong-arm tactics | swagger | swashbucklery | sword of Damocles | talking out of | the big stick | the bludgeon | the club | the jackboot | the mailed fist | the strong arm | the sword | threat | threateningness | threatfulness | violence | war of nerves | warning

See Also | aggression | discouragement | discouragement | disheartenment | dismay | fear | fearfulness | fright | frightening | terrorisation | terrorization

Intimidation In Webster's Dictionary

\In*tim`i*da"tion\, n. [Cf. F. intimidation.] The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated; as, the voters were kept from the polls by intimidation. The king carried his measures in Parliament by intimidation. --Paley.

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