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Synonyms for intimidated

  • adjective

Most common

timid cowed

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Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Subjected to intimidation.

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Intimidated or Intimidate?

A savage beast is intimidated by the keeper's whip. 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

  • timid She seems oddly shy and timid for a press officer.
  • cowed In the end, her glare cowed him into submission.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
intimidatedrising
timidsteady
cowedrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
timid2, cowed1

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (timid2 = 2 syllables).