Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To make timid; fill with fear.
- v. To coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To make timid or fearful; make afraid; inspire with fear; deter by threats. See intimidation, 2.
- Synonyms To abash, frighten, scare, daunt, cow.
Wiktionary
- v. To make timid or fearful; to inspire or affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.
- v. To impress, amaze, excite or induce extraordinary affection in others toward oneself.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.
WordNet 3.0
- v. make timid or fearful
- v. to compel or deter by or as if by threats
Etymologies
- Medieval Latin intimidāre, intimidāt- : Latin in-, causative pref.; see in-2 + Latin timidus, timid; see timid.
Examples
“First off, don't let the "3" in the title intimidate you.”
“Don't let the long title intimidate you: This large-format offering is filled with gorgeous photos and candid interviews with some of the sport's most accomplished players, who share their love of the game.”
“Good for Speaker Pelosi standing her ground and principles on not letting Mr. Weinstein intimidate her with his demands.”
“Then you put in very long hours and collect a nice salary, while employing your jargon to intimidate outsiders.”
“Until that happens, I see it as an attempt to intimidate, which is wrong, but not an incident where anyone was actually denied a vote based on current information.”
“Let us walk away with the lessons of this," Gray told the crowd of dozens of employees, after adding that such an incident can "intimidate" elected officials from participating in outreach such as Rep. Gabrielle Giffords's event Saturday.”
The Washington Post: D.C. government observes moment of silence for Ariz. victims
“The COR told me that "intimidate" was too strong a word, but that Mr. Torres essentially said that this was all about paperwork and wasn't a big deal.”
The Huffington Post: David Isenberg: Private Security Contractors in Iraq: Where are we going?"
“The opposition African Christian Democratic Party said it hoped Nel's arrest would not "intimidate" the prosecuting authority from proceeding against Selebi.”
“Mr. Boyle, a former Syracuse cop appointed by former Republican Governor George Pataki, told the Post last week that current Democratic Governor David Paterson's administration had tried to "intimidate" him into accepting a $500,000 settlement in lieu of yanking liquor licenses at nine Cipriani eateries, including the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center.”
“He also suggested that the legal definition of terrorism be extended to include attacks which aim to advance "racial, ethnic or other similar causes", and that terrorism should be considered attacks that aim to "intimidate" rather than "influence" the public.”
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
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abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4084 more...
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Vocab. 6
addict, aspire, bias, blantant, candid, confront, debut, enroll, fluster, impunity, intensify, intimidate and 3 more...
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Lesson 6
addict, aspire, bias, blatant, candid, confront, debut, enroll, fluster, impunity, intensify, intimidate and 3 more...
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stint, retort, obnoxious, intimidate, intensify, impunity, fluster, enroll, debut, confront, candid, blatant and 3 more...
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Vocab List lesson 6
addict, aspire, bias, blatant, candid, confront, debut, enroll, fluster, impunity, intensify, intimidate and 3 more...
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