Synonyms for intimidate
ɪnˈtɪm ɪˌdeɪtin·tim·i·date

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1. intimidateverb

   Synonyms:
   abash, dishearten

2. intimidateverb

   To make timid or fearful; to inspire or affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.

   He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.

   Synonyms:
   abash, dishearten

3. intimidateverb

   To impress, amaze, excite or induce extraordinary affection in others toward oneself.

   Synonyms:
   abash, dishearten

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1. intimidate

   One is frightened by a cause of fear addressed directly and suddenly to the senses; he is intimidated by an apprehension of contingent consequences dependent on some act of his own to be done or forborne; the means of intimidation may act through the senses, or may appeal only to the intellect or the sensibilities. The sudden rush of an armed madman may frighten; the quiet leveling of a highwayman's pistol intimidates. A savage beast is intimidated by the keeper's whip. Employers may intimidate their employees from voting contrary to their will by threat of discharge; a mother may be intimidated through fear for her child. To browbeat or cow is to bring into a state of submissive fear; to daunt is to give pause or check to a violent, threatening, or even a brave spirit. To scare is to cause sudden, unnerving fear; to terrify is to awaken fear that is overwhelming. Compare ALARM.

   Synonyms:
   affright, alarm, appal, browbeat, cow, daunt, dismay, frighten, scare, terrify

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1. intimidate

   Synonyms:
   frighten, alarm, threaten, deter, dishearten, scare, appall, browbeat, cow

   Antonyms:
   encourage, inspirit, animate, reassure

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1. intimidateverb

   make timid or fearful

   "Her boss intimidates her"

   Synonyms:
   restrain

2. intimidate, restrainverb

   to compel or deter by or as if by threats

   Synonyms:
   restrict, bound, restrain, throttle, keep back, limit, constrain, trammel, hold back, confine, keep, encumber, hold, cumber

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1. • Discourage
   • Frighten

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1. intimidateverb

   Synonyms:
   frighten, affright, FRIGHT, alarm, scare, daunt, dismay, terrify, appall, put in fear

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1. List of paraphrases for "intimidate":

   intimidating, intimidation, bully, browbeat, frighten, terrorize, scare, terrorise

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1. President Biden:

   Putin knows that when I am president of the United States his days of tyranny and trying to intimidate the United States and those in Eastern Europe are over.

2. Albert Einstein:

   Since I do not foresee that atomic energy is to be a great boon for a long time, I have to say that for the present it is a menace. Perhaps it is well that it should be. It may intimidate the human race into bringing order into its international affairs, which, without the pressure of fear, it would not do.

3. Denzel McCampbell:

   At a time where report after report cites the city of Detroit's harmful treatment of Black Lives Matter protesters –and the enormous waste of taxpayer money to lose embarrassingly in court after trying to intimidate them, the city's use of discriminatory facial recognition technology, and the fact that people still do not feel safe despite spending $300 million per year on police –it's disappointing and unproductive for Chief Craig to run to the cameras to call for Congresswoman Tlaib's resignation, one would think Chief Craig has more important things to do.

4. Vladimir Putin:

   I think this is an opportunity that Putin is seizing. I think he feels that he can intimidate the U.S. and NATO, that he can extract concessions, that he can intimidate the Ukrainians, and that he can demonstrate that he's in charge to the Russian people, anything that seems to show that Russia is a great power.

5. Mark McCloskey:

   It’s just more of those rules for thee, but not for me, the left is using the mob specifically to intimidate people, and they’re specifically moving into nice neighborhoods where people don’t expect to have riots and mobs attack them specifically to make people know that you can’t be safe anywhere. That we’ll come and get you at any place and at any time if you have the guts to stand up.