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Synonyms for intimidating
in·tim·i·dat·ing

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Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. daunting, intimidatingadjective

    discouraging through fear

    Synonyms:
    daunting

    Antonyms:
    encouraging

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  1. List of paraphrases for "intimidating":

    intimidate, daunting, bullying

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How to use intimidating in a sentence?

  1. Demetrius Freeman:

    I'm black, so traveling to that part of Germany was, well, very intimidating.

  2. Officer Mike:

    You feel somewhat invincible, i mean, even today when I look at the videos of us flying in formation, it's pretty intimidating.

  3. Jim Parsons:

    So much of our show is related, based on, adjacent to everything that Stephen Hawking did, strove to do, thought about, was passionate about through Stephen Hawking entire life and career. The fact that Stephen Hawking knew of our show, was interested in being on it, was willing to come play with us group of monkeys for a couple days was really moving, it was just, it was an amazing experience. It was an intimidating one. I ’d be lying if I said I was comfortable. … To get to finally meet him was, it was just overwhelming.

  4. Vicki Gaubeca:

    It's a use of technology that creates more problems and doesn't solve what we see as being the issue, which is how do we make this agency accountable, and how do we create a more humanitarian and efficient system at the border ? they should spend the money on something that is more humanitarian and effective, rather than intimidating.

  5. David Caldwell:

    The meetings with employees covered regular business aspects, as well as workplace behavior and culture issues, this included reaffirming the company's strong commitment to a safe, open and inclusive workplace, with zero tolerance for intimidating or intolerant behavior.


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