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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
intimidating \intimidating\ adj.
discouraging; inhibiting; deterring. Opposite of
encouraging.
Syn: daunting.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
intimidating
adj : discouraging through fear [syn: daunting]
WordNet (r) 2.0
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "intimidating":
abusive, admonitory, bludgeoning, blustering, browbeating,
bulldozing, bullying, cautionary, comminatory, denunciatory,
deterrent, discouraging, disinclining, dissuading, dissuasive,
expostulatory, fear-inspiring, foreboding, hectoring, imminent,
lowering, menacing, minacious, minatory, monitory, ominous,
terroristic, terrorizing, threatening, threatful
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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