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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 Word Forms
- ܲ··پ··岹·Բ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of intimidating1
Example Sentences
It’s more likely the Oilers simply fed off the size and fervor of the crowd, which inspired the home team while intimidating the visitors.
The leader of the Roman Catholic church in England and Wales has said he definitely will not be the next pontiff, but is looking forward to the "intimidating" duty of choosing Pope Francis's successor.
This supernatural power is from a dimension even more intimidating than the Upside Down.
But Quintana, these pages reveal, saw her mother as “fragile,” if intimidating.
“An elk is a lot more intimidating than a cow,” Griffin said.
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