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- Dictionaryintimidate/ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/
verb
- 1. frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants: "the forts are designed to intimidate the population"
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The meaning of INTIMIDATE is to make timid or fearful : frighten; especially : to compel or deter by or as if by threats. How to use intimidate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Intimidate.
INTIMIDATE definition: 1. to frighten or threaten someone, usually in order to persuade them to do something that you want…. Learn more.
INTIMIDATE meaning: 1. to frighten or threaten someone, usually in order to persuade them to do something that you want…. Learn more.
1. to make timid; fill with fear. 2. to overawe or cow, as through the force of one's personality or by display of wealth, talent, etc. 3. to force into or deter from some action by inducing fear.
to overawe or cow, as through the force of personality or by superior display of wealth, talent, etc. to force into or deter from some action by inducing fear: to intimidate a voter into staying away from the polls. Antonyms: encourage. intimidate. / ɪnˈtɪmɪˌdeɪt /.
To intimidate someone means to frighten them, sometimes as a deliberate way of making them do something.
When you intimidate, you frighten or make someone afraid. A pet rat might intimidate your sister's friends, keeping them out of your fort. "To frighten" or "make fearful" is at the root of the verb intimidate.
intimidate somebody (into something/into doing something) to frighten or threaten somebody so that they will do what you want. They were accused of intimidating people into voting for them. She refused to be intimidated by their threats.
To impress, amaze, excite or induce extraordinary affection in others toward oneself. Wiktionary. Synonyms: restrain. terrorize. terrify. swagger. hector. faze. dragoon. dominate. denounce. daunt. coerce. badger. abash. overawe. threaten. Antonyms:
1. to make timid; fill with fear. 2. to overawe or cow, as through the force of personality or by superior display of wealth, talent, etc. 3. to force into or deter from some action by inducing fear. to intimidate a voter into staying away from the polls. SYNONYMS 1. frighten, subdue, daunt, terrify. See discourage.
