Synonyms for intimidate
- verb
All synonyms
Verb
bully, frighten, coerce, threaten, strong-arm, brow-beat, scare, terrify, deter, cow, over-awe, dismay, bluff, menace, hector, awe, drive, alarm, daunt, abash, dishearten, affright, unman, domineer, terrorize UK US, terrorise UK, discourage, fright, petrify, appal UK, appall US, bulldoze slang dated US
Definitions
- v. 1
To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence.
He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.
Forms
- Past participle
- intimidated
e.g. intimidated → bullied, frightened, coerced, threatened…
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Employers may intimidate their employees from voting contrary to their will by threat of discharge; a mother may be intimidated through fear for her child.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- scare Don't worry, we're just going to give him a scare.
- bully Sami is the only bully I have ever had in my life.
- coerce I can try to persuade her to go, but I can't coerce her.
- bluff How did you know I was going to call your bluff?
- hector Hector wore a cuirass while fighting Achilles.
By length
- 3 letters
- cow1, awe1
- 5 letters
- drive1, alarm2, scare1, bully2, bluff1, deter2, daunt1, appal, unman, abash2
- 6 letters
- hector2, menace2, dismay2, fright1, coerce2, appall2
- 7 letters
- terrify3, petrify3
- 8 letters
- threaten2, frighten2, bulldoze2, affright, domineer3
- 9 letters
- terrorize3, terrorise
- 10 letters
- discourage3, dishearten
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (alarm2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- intimider
- Italiano
- intimidire
- Español
- intimidar
- Deutsch
- einschüchtern
- Català
- acovardir