Definition of intimidate in English:

intimidate

verb ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪtɪnˈtɪməˌdeɪt

Frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants.
（为使别人服从）恫吓，威吓，恐吓，威胁（他人）
the forts are designed to intimidate the nationalist population
那些城堡目的是为了恫吓民族主义民众。
Example sentencesExamples
- I don't think respect is something that you can get by intimidating someone.
- A gang of six teenagers intimidated him and his friends before demanding his mobile phone.
- In my last week I was intimidated by drug users, ordered around like a lackey, and threatened.
- In fact, they knew full well that they were intimidating and frightening other people.
- The floral arrangement of lilies intimidated me a bit because it was bigger than me - good to hide behind.
- The running dogs of the masculinist oppressors will never intimidate me!
- These are designed to intimidate you back to work before you start.
- Maybe I was too intimidated to help out, or maybe I was still trying to digest it all.
- Oh I forgot, the nice man intimidated her into signing the car documents over to him.
- Don't let politicians or the media browbeat you, intimidate you or lie about you.
- A proper inquiry became almost impossible, and she was intimidated, at work and outside.
- I don't usually argue back to him, he intimidates me, but he caught me at a bad time.
- Although he was quite intimidated by her appearance, the butler gathered up all of his nerve to speak to her.
- No amount of threats will intimidate or frighten us off our path for fairness and justice.
- Some of my friends are very wise, which sometimes intimidates me.
- Our country is still the target of terrorists who want to kill many and intimidate us all.
- She had been in here far too many times to allow the darkness to intimidate her in any way.
- So to be honest, it intimidates me, a lowly four-day-a-week contractor.
- I can't say that the bullying didn't occasionally get to me, but I didn't let them intimidate me.
- It actually slightly intimidated me in return, which I guess was the point.
Synonyms
frighten, menace, terrify, scare, alarm, terrorize, overawe, awe, cow, subdue, discourage, daunt, unnerve
threaten, domineer, browbeat, bully, pressure, pressurize, harass, harry, hound, hector, torment, plague
tyrannize, persecute, oppress
informal push around/about, lean on, bulldoze, steamroller, railroad, twist someone's arm, use strong-arm tactics on
North American informal bullyrag

Derivatives

intimidatingly

adverbɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪtɪŋliɪnˈtɪməˌdeɪdɪŋli

At every machine an earnest young (or not-so-young but trying to look it) person pumps bleakly away, intimidatingly burning those extra pounds, trimming those recalcitrant inches.
Example sentencesExamples
- Walk into his student lodgings and realise they're straight out of one of those intimidatingly white interior design magazines expensive hairdressing salons leave on their coffee-tables.
- On Fridays, the whole place was filled - magically - by people intimidatingly cooler than me by far, and I wouldn't want to displease them by showing my personality, and instead mainly relied on requests.

intimidator

noun ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪtəɪnˈtɪməˌdeɪdər

A person who frightens or overawes someone, especially in order to make them do something.
（为使别人服从）恫吓，威吓，恐吓，威胁（他人）
they won't be bullied by the noted intimidators
Example sentencesExamples
- Those who sympathise with victims' families, in their plight, must show it by facing down the intimidators and helping to bring them before the courts.
- Many coaches are professional bullies and intimidators.
- This town is being held hostage by mugs, thugs, murderers and intimidators.

intimidatory

adjectiveɪntɪmɪˈdeɪt(ə)riɪnˈtɪmədəˌtɔri

The brakes will be off what has already been the most arrogant, aggressive and intimidatory government in the history of our country.
Example sentencesExamples
- For example, when does aggressive and somewhat intimidatory interrogation of a suspect become torture?
- He could not understand the need for so many people to attend if the aim was merely peaceful persuasion: threats of violence and intimidatory language were inconsistent in any event with such peaceful persuasion.
- The violence is indirect and intimidatory as much as coercive, certainly, although its intent is not to convert but to drive out those who identify with the victims.
- The riot squad were quite provocative, aggressive and intimidatory.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin intimidat- 'made timid', from the verb intimidare (based on timidus 'timid').

Definition of intimidate in US English:

intimidate

verbinˈtiməˌdātɪnˈtɪməˌdeɪt

Frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants.
（为使别人服从）恫吓，威吓，恐吓，威胁（他人）
he tries to intimidate his rivals
Example sentencesExamples
- She had been in here far too many times to allow the darkness to intimidate her in any way.
- These are designed to intimidate you back to work before you start.
- Oh I forgot, the nice man intimidated her into signing the car documents over to him.
- Maybe I was too intimidated to help out, or maybe I was still trying to digest it all.
- A gang of six teenagers intimidated him and his friends before demanding his mobile phone.
- Although he was quite intimidated by her appearance, the butler gathered up all of his nerve to speak to her.
- I can't say that the bullying didn't occasionally get to me, but I didn't let them intimidate me.
- A proper inquiry became almost impossible, and she was intimidated, at work and outside.
- No amount of threats will intimidate or frighten us off our path for fairness and justice.
- Our country is still the target of terrorists who want to kill many and intimidate us all.
- The floral arrangement of lilies intimidated me a bit because it was bigger than me - good to hide behind.
- So to be honest, it intimidates me, a lowly four-day-a-week contractor.
- The running dogs of the masculinist oppressors will never intimidate me!
- I don't think respect is something that you can get by intimidating someone.
- In my last week I was intimidated by drug users, ordered around like a lackey, and threatened.
- In fact, they knew full well that they were intimidating and frightening other people.
- Don't let politicians or the media browbeat you, intimidate you or lie about you.
- I don't usually argue back to him, he intimidates me, but he caught me at a bad time.
- It actually slightly intimidated me in return, which I guess was the point.
- Some of my friends are very wise, which sometimes intimidates me.
Synonyms
frighten, menace, terrify, scare, alarm, terrorize, overawe, awe, cow, subdue, discourage, daunt, unnerve

Origin

Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin intimidat- ‘made timid’, from the verb intimidare (based on timidus ‘timid’).

词汇	intimidate
释义	Definition of intimidate in English: intimidate verb ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪtɪnˈtɪməˌdeɪt Frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants. （为使别人服从）恫吓，威吓，恐吓，威胁（他人） the forts are designed to intimidate the nationalist population 那些城堡目的是为了恫吓民族主义民众。 Example sentencesExamples I don't think respect is something that you can get by intimidating someone. A gang of six teenagers intimidated him and his friends before demanding his mobile phone. In my last week I was intimidated by drug users, ordered around like a lackey, and threatened. In fact, they knew full well that they were intimidating and frightening other people. The floral arrangement of lilies intimidated me a bit because it was bigger than me - good to hide behind. The running dogs of the masculinist oppressors will never intimidate me! These are designed to intimidate you back to work before you start. Maybe I was too intimidated to help out, or maybe I was still trying to digest it all. Oh I forgot, the nice man intimidated her into signing the car documents over to him. Don't let politicians or the media browbeat you, intimidate you or lie about you. A proper inquiry became almost impossible, and she was intimidated, at work and outside. I don't usually argue back to him, he intimidates me, but he caught me at a bad time. Although he was quite intimidated by her appearance, the butler gathered up all of his nerve to speak to her. No amount of threats will intimidate or frighten us off our path for fairness and justice. Some of my friends are very wise, which sometimes intimidates me. Our country is still the target of terrorists who want to kill many and intimidate us all. She had been in here far too many times to allow the darkness to intimidate her in any way. So to be honest, it intimidates me, a lowly four-day-a-week contractor. I can't say that the bullying didn't occasionally get to me, but I didn't let them intimidate me. It actually slightly intimidated me in return, which I guess was the point. Synonyms frighten, menace, terrify, scare, alarm, terrorize, overawe, awe, cow, subdue, discourage, daunt, unnerve threaten, domineer, browbeat, bully, pressure, pressurize, harass, harry, hound, hector, torment, plague tyrannize, persecute, oppress informal push around/about, lean on, bulldoze, steamroller, railroad, twist someone's arm, use strong-arm tactics on North American informal bullyrag Derivatives intimidatingly adverbɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪtɪŋliɪnˈtɪməˌdeɪdɪŋli At every machine an earnest young (or not-so-young but trying to look it) person pumps bleakly away, intimidatingly burning those extra pounds, trimming those recalcitrant inches. Example sentencesExamples Walk into his student lodgings and realise they're straight out of one of those intimidatingly white interior design magazines expensive hairdressing salons leave on their coffee-tables. On Fridays, the whole place was filled - magically - by people intimidatingly cooler than me by far, and I wouldn't want to displease them by showing my personality, and instead mainly relied on requests. intimidator noun ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪtəɪnˈtɪməˌdeɪdər A person who frightens or overawes someone, especially in order to make them do something. （为使别人服从）恫吓，威吓，恐吓，威胁（他人） they won't be bullied by the noted intimidators Example sentencesExamples Those who sympathise with victims' families, in their plight, must show it by facing down the intimidators and helping to bring them before the courts. Many coaches are professional bullies and intimidators. This town is being held hostage by mugs, thugs, murderers and intimidators. intimidatory adjectiveɪntɪmɪˈdeɪt(ə)riɪnˈtɪmədəˌtɔri The brakes will be off what has already been the most arrogant, aggressive and intimidatory government in the history of our country. Example sentencesExamples For example, when does aggressive and somewhat intimidatory interrogation of a suspect become torture? He could not understand the need for so many people to attend if the aim was merely peaceful persuasion: threats of violence and intimidatory language were inconsistent in any event with such peaceful persuasion. The violence is indirect and intimidatory as much as coercive, certainly, although its intent is not to convert but to drive out those who identify with the victims. The riot squad were quite provocative, aggressive and intimidatory. Origin Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin intimidat- 'made timid', from the verb intimidare (based on timidus 'timid'). Definition of intimidate in US English: intimidate verbinˈtiməˌdātɪnˈtɪməˌdeɪt Frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants. （为使别人服从）恫吓，威吓，恐吓，威胁（他人） he tries to intimidate his rivals Example sentencesExamples She had been in here far too many times to allow the darkness to intimidate her in any way. These are designed to intimidate you back to work before you start. Oh I forgot, the nice man intimidated her into signing the car documents over to him. Maybe I was too intimidated to help out, or maybe I was still trying to digest it all. A gang of six teenagers intimidated him and his friends before demanding his mobile phone. Although he was quite intimidated by her appearance, the butler gathered up all of his nerve to speak to her. I can't say that the bullying didn't occasionally get to me, but I didn't let them intimidate me. A proper inquiry became almost impossible, and she was intimidated, at work and outside. No amount of threats will intimidate or frighten us off our path for fairness and justice. Our country is still the target of terrorists who want to kill many and intimidate us all. The floral arrangement of lilies intimidated me a bit because it was bigger than me - good to hide behind. So to be honest, it intimidates me, a lowly four-day-a-week contractor. The running dogs of the masculinist oppressors will never intimidate me! I don't think respect is something that you can get by intimidating someone. In my last week I was intimidated by drug users, ordered around like a lackey, and threatened. In fact, they knew full well that they were intimidating and frightening other people. Don't let politicians or the media browbeat you, intimidate you or lie about you. I don't usually argue back to him, he intimidates me, but he caught me at a bad time. It actually slightly intimidated me in return, which I guess was the point. Some of my friends are very wise, which sometimes intimidates me. Synonyms frighten, menace, terrify, scare, alarm, terrorize, overawe, awe, cow, subdue, discourage, daunt, unnerve Origin Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin intimidat- ‘made timid’, from the verb intimidare (based on timidus ‘timid’).
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