Definition of intimidates Intimidates
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What does intimidates mean?
Part of speech
🔤- intimidates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of intimidate (infinitive).
WordNet
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| intimidate - make timid or fearful; "Her boss intimidates her" | ||
| affright, fright, frighten, scare cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" | ||
| hold over intimidate somebody (with a threat); "She was holding it over him" | ||
| ballyrag, boss around, bullyrag, hector, push around, browbeat, bully, strong-arm discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate | ||
| intimidate - to compel or deter by or as if by threats | ||
| restrain | ||
| discourage deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged | ||
| warn notify, usually in advance; "I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions" | ||
| daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare away, scare off, scare, dash, pall cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- intimidate (v. t.)
To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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intimidate
To inspire fear or hesitation due to fear. -
intimidate
To instill fear.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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intimidate
in-tim′i-dāt, v.t. to make timid or fearful: to dispirit.—n. Intimidā′tion, act of intimidating: use of violence or threats to influence the conduct or compel the consent of another: state of being intimidated.—adj. Intim′idatory
Part of speech
🔤- intimidate, verb, present, 1st person singular of intimidate (infinitive).
- intimidate, verb (infinitive).
