INTIMIDATE


Meaning of INTIMIDATE in English

verb

to frighten or coerce into submission or obedience

refused to be intimidated by the manager

Synonyms: bludgeon, bluster, ||bounce, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, cow, dragoon, hector, ||ruffle, strong-arm, terrorize

Related Word: alarm, disquiet, frighten, scare, terrify; badger, bait, chivy, hound, ride; coerce, compel, constrain, force, oblige; ||ruffianize

Contrasted words: blandish, cajole, coax, wheedle; induce, persuade, prevail

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