intimidate (verb)

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• intimidate — ► VERB ▪ frighten or overawe, especially so as to coerce into doing something. DERIVATIVES intimidation noun intimidator noun intimidatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin intimidare make timid …   English terms dictionary

• intimidate — verb ADVERB ▪ physically, psychologically ▪ Dissidents were physically intimidated, threatened, and harshly interrogated. VERB + INTIMIDATE ▪ try to PREPOSITION …   Collocations dictionary

• intimidate — in·tim·i·date /in ti mə ˌdāt/ vt dat·ed, dat·ing 1: to make timid or fearful; esp: to compel or deter by or as if by threats see also coercion 2: to engage in the crime of intimidating (as a witness, juror, public officer in the performance of… …   Law dictionary

• intimidate — verb a) To make timid or fearful; to inspire or affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash. Hes trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully hell stop. b) …   Wiktionary

• intimidate — verb (T) to frighten someone by behaving in a threatening way, especially in order to make them do what you want: Buildings were bombed in an attempt to intimidate the opposition. intimidation noun (U): allegations of police intimidation …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• intimidate — verb Rico sent his goons to intimidate the local merchants Syn: frighten, menace, terrify, scare, terrorize, cow, dragoon, subdue; threaten, browbeat, bully, pressure, harass, harry, hassle, hound, torment, tyrannize …   Thesaurus of popular words

• intimidate — verb frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants. Derivatives intimidating adjective intimidatingly adverb intimidation noun intimidator noun intimidatory adjective Origin C17: from med. L. intimidat …   English new terms dictionary

• intimidate — verb Syn: frighten, menace, scare, terrorize, threaten, browbeat, bully, harass, hound; informal lean on …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• intimidate — UK [ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt] / US [ɪnˈtɪmɪˌdeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms intimidate : present tense I/you/we/they intimidate he/she/it intimidates present participle intimidating past tense intimidated past participle intimidated a) to deliberately make …   English dictionary

• intimidate — transitive verb ( dated; dating) Etymology: Medieval Latin intimidatus, past participle of intimidare, from Latin in + timidus timid Date: 1646 to make timid or fearful ; frighten; especially to compel or deter by or as if by threats < tried to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• intimidate — [[t]ɪntɪ̱mɪdeɪt[/t]] intimidates, intimidating, intimidated VERB If you intimidate someone, you deliberately make them frightened enough to do what you want them to do. [V n] Jones had set out to intimidate and dominate Paul... [V n into ing]… …   English dictionary