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intimidating
[ in-tim-i-dey-ting ]
adjective
- Sometimes ·پ··岹·ٴ· []. intended to frighten someone or to force or stop someone’s action through fear:
We will not be sucked in to your macho agenda by intimidating threats of violence or seductive promises of power.
- causing timidity, hesitancy, or anxiety, especially because of difficulty or risk; daunting:
The day-to-day operations of the healthcare environment can be overwhelming and intimidating to the point of paralysis.
- causing someone to feel overawed or cowed, as through force of personality or superior display of wealth, talent, rank, etc.:
All the others had gone to Harvard or Yale, and I was just a country hick; it was intimidating, for sure.
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ··پ··岹·Բ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of intimidating1
Example Sentences
Speaking on Radio 4's Today programme, Tossici-Bolt said: "It was nothing to do with protesting, harassing or intimidating. It was inviting a conversation."
I have also received abuse and threatening, intimidating remarks when I've been out and about in public with my family as well.
The government said the powers were in response to a series of "intimidating protests" near synagogues and mosques in recent months.
So what's more intimidating - playing to a small room of punks, or an arena with thousands of people?
Against Mississippi State, she’s sure to be at the forefront once again — an intimidating sight, surely, for any offense this March.
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