INTIMIDATING


Meaning of INTIMIDATING in English

in ‧ tim ‧ i ‧ dat ‧ ing /ɪˈtɪmədeɪtɪŋ, ɪˈtɪmɪdeɪtɪŋ/ BrE AmE adjective

making you feel worried and not confident:

Some people find interview situations very intimidating.

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THESAURUS

▪ frightening making you feel frightened:

Being held at gunpoint had been the most frightening moment of his life.

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The experience was very frightening.

▪ scary especially spoken frightening. Scary is less formal than frightening and is very common in everyday English:

The movie was really scary.

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There were some scary moments.

▪ chilling frightening, especially because violence, cruelty, or danger is involved:

a chilling tale of revenge, murder and madness

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The court heard chilling details about the attack.

▪ spooky frightening and strange, especially because something involves ghosts or powers that people do not understand:

The forest is really spooky in the dark.

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a spooky coincidence

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spooky stories

▪ creepy informal frightening in a way that makes you feel nervous, especially when you are not sure exactly why – used especially about places, people, and feelings:

This place is really creepy. Let’s get out of here.

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a creepy guy

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Do you know that creepy feeling when you're sure someone’s there but you can’t see or hear anything?

▪ eerie especially literary strange and frightening:

There was an eerie silence immediately after the bomb went off.

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an eerie light

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an eerie feeling

▪ intimidating making you feel frightened, nervous, or lacking in confidence:

Big schools can be an intimidating place for young children.

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Giving evidence in court is often a rather intimidating experience.

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the intimidating presence of a large number of soldiers

▪ menacing frightening because you think someone is going to hurt you, even though they have not said or done anything violent – used especially about someone’s expression or voice:

The woman had a very menacing look.

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‘I’d like to have a word with you outside,’ he said in a menacing tone.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.