'Intimidate' definitions:
Definition of 'intimidate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make timid or fearful; "Her boss intimidates her"
verb
To compel or deter by or as if by threats [syn: intimidate, restrain]
Definition of 'Intimidate'
From: GCIDE
- Intimidate \In*tim"i*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intimidated; p. pr. & vb. n. Intimidating.] [LL. intimidatus, p. p. of intimidare to frighten; pref. in- in + timidus fearful, timid: cf. F. intimider. See Timid.] To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash. [1913 Webster]
- Now guilt, once harbored in the conscious breast, Intimidates the brave, degrades the great. --Johnson.
- Syn: To dishearten; dispirit; abash; deter; frighten; terrify; daunt; cow. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'intimidate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abash,
- admonish,
- alarm,
- awe,
- badger,
- bait,
- be imminent,
- beat down,
- blackjack,
- bludgeon,
- bluff,
- bluster,
- bluster and bluff,
- bluster out of,
- bounce,
- brag,
- break,
- browbeat,
- bulldoze,
- bully,
- bullyrag,
- castrate,
- caution,
- chivy,
- clamp down on,
- coerce,
- comminate,
- compel,
- constrain,
- cow,
- cry out against,
- daunt,
- demoralize,
- denounce,
- despotize,
- dismay,
- disquiet,
- dissuade,
- domineer,
- domineer over,
- dragoon,
- enslave,
- expostulate,
- force,
- forebode,
- frighten,
- frighten off,
- gasconade,
- grind,
- grind down,
- harass,
- hector,
- henpeck,
- hijack,
- hound,
- huff,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kid out of,
- look threatening,
- lord it over,
- lower,
- menace,
- oblige,
- oppress,
- out-herod Herod,
- overawe,
- overbear,
- overmaster,
- override,
- petrify,
- press heavy on,
- rage,
- rant,
- rave,
- remonstrate,
- repress,
- ride,
- ride over,
- ride roughshod over,
- roister,
- rollick,
- ruffle,
- scare,
- shanghai,
- slang,
- splutter,
- sputter,
- steamroller,
- storm,
- strong-arm,
- subjugate,
- suppress,
- swagger,
- swashbuckle,
- systematically terrorize,
- talk out of,
- terrify,
- terrorize,
- threaten,
- trample down,
- trample upon,
- tread down,
- tread upon,
- tyrannize,
- tyrannize over,
- unman,
- unpersuade,
- use violence,
- utter threats against,
- vapor,
- walk all over,
- walk over,
- warn,
- weigh heavy on