What does intimidate mean?
transitive verb. : to make timid or fearful : frighten especially : to compel or deter by or as if by threats tried to intimidate a witness.
How do you spell intimidating?
verb (used with object), in·tim·i·dat·ed, in·tim·i·dat·ing. to make timid; fill with fear. to overawe or cow, as through the force of personality or by superior display of wealth, talent, etc. to force into or deter from some action by inducing fear: to intimidate a voter into staying away from the polls.
What is another word for intimidate?
Some common synonyms of intimidate are browbeat, bulldoze, bully, and cow. While all these words mean “to frighten into submission,” intimidate implies inducing fear or a sense of inferiority into another.