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  1. Stephani Lohman:

    When I met with the surgeon the first day, it was an intimidating day and it was overwhelming.

  2. Ambassador Danon:

    Peter Anthony Gallo, an international lawyer and former investigator for the UNs own watchdog, the OIOS, told Fox News that Peter Anthony Gallo was not surprised by the allegations. [ They ] do not surprise me in the slightest ; there is nothing unusual in them and they could just as easily have come from any one of a number of Organizations in the UN system because they reflect the management culture of disregard for the staff, disregard for the rules and a general air of entitlement and impunity, he said. Gallo who himself was a whistleblower at the U.N. and now director of, Hear their Cries, a group that reports on sexual abuse and exploitation around the world and at the UN. The problem is that U.N. agencies control their own investigative functions and deal with disciplinary matters internally. The result is that instead of being a means of addressing misconduct and wrongdoing, the internal justice system is more of a tool for intimidating any staff members who dare to report misconduct by senior staff, such as by Krahenbuhl and his cronies. Following reports that both Switzerland and the Netherlands suspended their funding to UNRWA, Israels United Nations Ambassador Danny Danon called upon all of the international to suspend funding. The report reveals alarming, but not surprising, findings. In addition to propagating false information about its refugee population, UNRWA has in recent years worked to redirect world funds to continue this corruption industry that has served its leadership. The international community, which generously finances UNRWA, must immediately suspend the budgets assigned to the agency. Ambassador Danon said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The aid money should be gradually transferred to the UNHCR( UN High Commissioner for Refugees), instead of helping the UNRWA leadership continue engaging in a series of ethical offenses.

  3. Kristen Waggoner:

    These students were not only physically intimidating the other students and the speakers, they were pounding on the walls, blocking the exits, and disrupting the event throughout. … It shouldn’t take place on a law student campus in the law school classroom.

  4. Marie Yovanovitch:

    I can’t speak to what the president is trying to do, but I think the effect is to be intimidating.

  5. Jude Al-Khalil:

    If you look at the most challenging and intimidating categories to shop for, it’s lingerie, jeans and swimwear.


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  • intimidating [ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪtɪŋ] прич

    1. пугающий, запугивающий, устрашающий, угрожающий

      (frightening, threatening)

  • intimidating [ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪtɪŋ] сущ

    1. запугиваниеср

  • intimidate [ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt] гл

    1. запугивать, пугать, устрашать, запугать, напугать, припугнуть, испугать, устрашить

      (frighten, scare)

      • intimidate people – запугивать людей
      • intimidate the population – запугать население
    2. угрожать

      (threaten)

verb
запугивать intimidate, bully, cow, browbeat, bluff, daunt
пугать frighten, scare, panic, fright, intimidate, alarm
устрашать intimidate, daunt, appal, appall
припугивать intimidate, threaten

Синонимы (v1)

Синонимы (v2)

terrifying · frightening · fearful · scary · frightful · fearsome · formidable · daunting · bully · bluff · daunt · frighten · terrify · terrorize · browbeat · scare · bulldoze · appal · startle · dishearten · restrain

adjective

  • frightening, threatening, menacing, sinister, brooding, daunting, tormenting, formidable, fearsome, terrifying, chilling, disturbing, disquieting, unfriendly, unwelcoming
  • daunting

verb

  • frighten, menace, terrify, scare, terrorize, cow, dragoon, subdue, threaten, browbeat, bully, pressure, harass, harry, hassle, hound, torment, tyrannize, persecute, lean on, push around, bulldoze, railroad, twist someone’s arm, strong-arm
  • restrain

Предложения со словом «intimidating»

She said in the old days, that would have been a really intimidating meeting for her, but her mindset was different.

Она сказала, что раньше эта встреча была бы для неё очень подавляющей, но теперь её взгляды поменялись.

Engaging the public can be intimidating , and I’ve felt that, too.

Привлекать местных жителей может не всегда быть приятным.

I got a discount on account of my intimidating manner.

Получил большую скидку за счет моего пугающего поведения

Becker stared up at the giant with his most intimidating look.

Беккер старался придать своему лицу как можно более угрожающее выражение.

You’ve been intimidating him ever since the night your sister was killed.

Вы угрожали ему с того вечера, как убили вашу сестру.

Some of them might sound a bit intimidating to Jefri’s local friends.

Некоторые из этих приборов могут испугать местных друзей Джефри.

They’re saying aggravated assault, intimidating a witness.

Они говорят о нападении при отягчающих, запугивании свидетеля.

The grim old castle perched on a crag above the town was intimidating enough to compel good behavior.

Старинный мрачный замок на скале над городом внушал уважение и заставлял обывателей вести себя пристойно.

Between the gash on your mug and A.J.’s shiner, you two clowns are real intimidating .

Знаешь, даже не знаю кто из вас двоих больше настоящий клоун — ты со своей ссадиной на тыкве или Эй — Джей с фингалом.

“You’re damned right it was intimidating ,” says retired Air Force Lieutenant General Charles “Chick” Cleveland, remembering his first encounter with a MiG-15.

«Вы совершенно правы, это было унизительно, — рассказывает генерал — лейтенант военно — воздушных сил в отставке Чарльз «Чик» Кливленд (Charles «Chick» Cleveland), вспоминая свою первую встречу с истребителем МиГ — 15.

Even though the harsh sentences were reduced on appeal, the message was clear: the regime would not back away from intimidating and punishing anyone who dared challenge it.

Хотя самые суровые сроки были сокращены по апелляции, сигнал был понятен: режим готов запугивать и карать любого, кто осмелится бросить ему вызов.

Russian drills and snap-readiness checks may appear intimidating , but they are unlikely to be a prelude to an expansion of the current conflict.

Российские учения и внезапные проверки боеготовности могут показаться устрашающими, однако их вряд ли можно считать прелюдией в расширению нынешнего конфликта.

Now incapable of intimidating anyone, Britain has opted for developing its potential to inspire.

В настоящее время неспособная запугать кого — либо, Великобритания предпочитает развивать свой потенциал влиять.

If you can laugh at something, he argues, it automatically becomes less intimidating and you become more powerful.

По его словам, то, над чем вы смеетесь, становится менее страшным, а значит, вы делаетесь сильнее.

A visit to Air Force One was far more intimidating than any trip to the White House.

Посещение Борта номер 1 производило куда более эффектное впечатление, чем визит в Белый дом.

He was sprawling along between some bushes, when he heard a sharp intimidating cry.

Пробираясь сквозь кустарник, волчонок вдруг услышал пронзительный свирепый крик.

Penny, it’s only natural to want your mother-in-law to like you, and I acknowledge I can be an intimidating person.

Пенни, это нормально, что ты хочешь, чтобы твоя свекровь любила тебя, и я признаю, что могу быть довольно пугающей .

And your office, it’s so much more intimidating without all those bronze bucking broncos.

И твой офис, на много более запугивающий без всех этих скачущих лошадей.

Between the gash on your mug and A.J.’s shiner, you two clowns are real intimidating .

Знаешь, даже не знаю кто из вас двоих больше настоящий клоун — ты со своей ссадиной на тыкве или Эй — Джей с фингалом.

Well Dante taught me that when faced with an intimidating obstacle it’s better to collect your thoughts and your fears.

Данте учил меня, что при столкновении с пугающими препятствиями лучше собирать мысли, чем страхи.

She thought she would end in liking him, but she found him slightly intimidating .

В конце концов он, пожалуй, даже ничего, но почему — то перед ним немного робеешь.

Endless streams of financial jargon, coupled with intimidating mathematics, quickly deters people from attempts at understanding it.

Бесконечные потоки финансового жаргона вместе с пугающей математикой быстро отвращают людей от попыток понять все это.

We tie the car bomb to Karsten, we get him on attempted murder, intimidating a witness, impeding a criminal investigation.

Мы связываем бомбу в машине с Карстеном, возьмем его за покушение на убийство, давление на свидетеля, препятствование уголовному расследованию.

All that they saw of him was his bushy tail and fleeing hind legs-a view far less ferocious and intimidating than his bristling mane and gleaming fangs.

Им были видны только его задние ноги и пушистый хвост, а это далеко не так страшно, как вставшая дыбом шерсть и сверкающие клыки.

I’m not sure that blocking the entire street at rush hour and intimidating the PSB is my idea of subtle.

Не уверена, что блокировка всей улицы в час пик и угроза СНП, мое понимание коварства.

I didn’t want to say anything because it’s intimidating to people, but I’m a certified life coach.

Не хотелось бы этого говорить, потому, что люди пугаются , но я дипломированный инструктор по персональному росту.

Therefore the hair stood up on end along his back and his lips wrinkled weakly in an attempt at a ferocious and intimidating snarl.

Шерсть у него на спине встала дыбом; он оскалил зубы, пытаясь издать яростное, устрашающее рычание.

These sights and sounds had no depressing or intimidating effect on him; on the contrary, they stimulated his energy and determination.

Вид этот и звуки эти не только не возбуждали в нем какого — нибудь унылого или робкого чувства, но, напротив, придавали ему энергии и решительности.

your brilliant yet intimidating mother.

твоей гениальной, но пугающей матери.

Forcefully intimidating a witness is a serious and confidential accusation.

Физическое воздействие на свидетеля это серьезное и конфиденциальное обвинение.

Okay… intimidating witnesses is a disbarrable offense.

Хорошо… за запугивание свидетелей можно лишиться статуса адвоката.

They’re saying aggravated assault, intimidating a witness.

Они говорят о нападении при отягчающих, запугивании свидетеля.

Who said anything about intimidating ?

Кто говорил о запугивании?

You get picked up for intimidating a witness.

Тебя возьмут за запугивание свидетеля.

We received intimidating letters.

Мы получили письма запугивания.

Intimidating a witness is a crime in itself.

Запугивание свидетеля само по себе преступление.

Abuse of power, corruption, colluding with tribal police to conceal the real suspects while intimidating and harassing me and my men.

Превышение полномочий, коррупция, сговор с полицией племени для сокрытия настоящих подозреваемых с запугиванием и преследованием меня и моих людей.

Stop apologizing and start intimidating .

Прекрати извиняться и начни запугивать.

Since when does the S.E.C. go around intimidating law firms by going after their clients?

С каких пор КЦБ запугивает юрфирмы, преследуя их клиентов?

I think you’re intimidating the wrong man, Agent Booth.

Думаю, вы запугиваете не того, агент Бут.

And if there’s anyone you should worry about not intimidating , it’s a college admissions director.

А вам уж если и беспокоиться по поводу того, кого не стоит запугивать, так это председателя приёмной комиссии колледжа.

Word’s out my son is intimidating witnesses.

Теперь ходят слухи, что мой сын запугивает свидетелей.

He could be destroying evidence, — intimidating witnesses…

Он, может, уничтожает улики, запугивает свидетелей…

The main problem with Mark… was that he was intimidating , and he had a tendency to snap.

Главная проблема с Марком… было то, что он запугивал, и все время хватался за все.

She may have been intimidating , but she didn’t scare me!

Она может запугивать меня, но меня она не испугает!

And what I loved about it is because it’s just a Gallardo underneath it’s not intimidating .

И в нём мне понравилось то, что это просто облегчённый Gallardo, он не пугает.

Guns waving, the jawlines and the hair… It’s very intimidating .

Размахивая пистолетами перед лицом, это очень пугает.

I know I can be a little intimidating sometimes, but… deep down inside where no one can see,

Я понимаю, что пугаю немного людей, но но глубоко внутри, где никто не может видеть

You don’t find it too intimidating in its size and splendour?

А вам не кажется, что его размеры и великолепие пугают ?

You’re a very intimidating kind of person, did you know that?

Вы из тех людей, которые очень пугают , вы знаете это?

They’re intimidating because they are fathers.

Они пугают потому что они отцы.

Well, maybe they’re intimidating the other creatures with their big winkies.

Ну, может они пугают остальных существ своими огромными штуковинами.

A little intimidating it is going to be a tough battle.

Это немного пугает.. Это будет тяжелая битва.

No, nowhere, but your brother’s a little intimidating .

Да никуда, просто твой брат меня немного пугает.

Well, you’re intimidating .

Ну, ты пугаешь.

Inspector Neele found Mr Ansell the type of solicitor who was more easily intimidated than intimidating .

Мистер Энселл оказался из тех адвокатов, которые и не думают никого устрашать, их самих легко запугать.

And he’s intimidating Bailey into not ordering one.

Он запугал Бейли, и она его не поставит.

My dad, he’s very intimidating .

Мой папа запугает кого хочешь

Maybe it’s supposed to be intimidating .

Возможно, она должна их запугать.

And I think the guy is intimidating her.

Думаю, этот человек её запугал.

What is another word for intimidating?

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[ ɪntˈɪmɪdˌe͡ɪtɪŋ], [ ɪntˈɪmɪdˌe‍ɪtɪŋ], [ ɪ_n_t_ˈɪ_m_ɪ_d_ˌeɪ_t_ɪ_ŋ]

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    • adj.

      appalling (adjective)

      • grodier,
      • most scaring,
      • un nerving,
      • most disheartening,
      • more scaring,
      • most dismaying,
      • dis heartening,
      • more disheartening,
      • more unnerving,
      • more petrifying,
      • dis maying,
      • most petrifying,
      • dis-heartening,
      • grodiest,
      • Ender,
      • dis-maying,
      • endest,
      • most daunting,
      • more dismaying,
      • most unnerving,
      • more daunting,
      • un-nerving.

      awesome (adjective)

      • grandest,
      • aweinspiring,
      • most horrifying,
      • most stupefying,
      • over whelming,
      • awe inspiring,
      • more nervous,
      • mind blowing,
      • more stupefying,
      • over-whelming,
      • impressive,
      • mindblowing,
      • more horrifying,
      • striking.

      forcible (adjective)

      • coercive.

      formidable (adjective)

      • more allpowerful,
      • staggering,
      • most all-powerful,
      • most all powerful,
      • more ballbuster,
      • re-doubtable,
      • up hill,
      • most allpowerful,
      • allpowerful,
      • most murder,
      • over powering,
      • more murder,
      • effortful,
      • more challenging,
      • puissant,
      • re doubtable,
      • most challenging,
      • most ballbuster,
      • up-hill,
      • over-powering,
      • more all-powerful,
      • mightiest,
      • more all powerful.

      frightful/frightening (adjective)

      • dis quieting,
      • unspeakable,
      • most traumatic,
      • in-conceivable,
      • hair raising,
      • hairraising,
      • more grabber,
      • grisly,
      • un speakable,
      • dis-quieting,
      • portentous,
      • most grabber,
      • un-speakable,
      • more traumatic,
      • in conceivable,
      • horrendous.

      Other relevant words: (adjective)

      • traumatic,
      • inhumane,
      • spine-chilling,
      • rough go,
      • ballbuster,
      • grody,
      • appalling,
      • grabber,
      • truculent,
      • formidable,
      • real gone,
      • something else,
      • vituperous,
      • scary,
      • tall order,
      • tough proposition,
      • zero cool,
      • all-powerful,
      • the end.

      scary (adjective)

      • spine chilling,
      • most spine chilling,
      • more spine-chilling,
      • more spine chilling,
      • more spinechilling,
      • spinechilling,
      • most spine-chilling,
      • scarier,
      • most spinechilling.

      threatening (adjective)

      • Hinting,
      • threatening,
      • tormenting,
      • foreboding,
      • forewarning,
      • Looming,
      • warning,
      • bullying,
      • Browbeating.

      truculent (adjective)

      • more invective,
      • most invective,
      • co wing,
      • more browbeating,
      • more vituperous,
      • more cowing,
      • bad tempered,
      • most vituperous,
      • badtempered,
      • most cowing,
      • most browbeating,
      • co-wing,
      • in-humane,
      • in-human,
      • most terrorizing,
      • in human,
      • more terrorizing.
    • n.

      discouraging (noun)

      • discouraging.

      Other relevant words: (noun)

      • creepy,
      • chilling,
      • terrifying,
      • hairy,
      • fearsome,
      • frightening,
      • horrible,
      • awe-inspiring,
      • spine-tingling,
      • daunting,
      • bloodcurdling,
      • spooky,
      • white-knuckle,
      • menacing,
      • hair-raising,
      • awesome.
    • v.

      compelling (verb)

      • urging,
      • compelling,
      • nagging,
      • impelling,
      • Inciting,
      • Dragooning,
      • obliging,
      • Fomenting,
      • pressuring,
      • stimulating,
      • motivating,
      • driving,
      • goading,
      • Coercing,
      • galvanizing,
      • stressing,
      • Dictating,
      • pressing,
      • mandating,
      • pushing,
      • causing,
      • propelling,
      • sparking,
      • hijacking.

      dissuading (verb)

      • Checking,
      • Dissuading,
      • banning,
      • diverting,
      • Derailing,
      • inhibiting,
      • admonishing,
      • Preventing,
      • averting,
      • Disinclining,
      • Deterring,
      • barring,
      • disheartening,
      • depressing,
      • Restraining,
      • dampening,
      • Deflecting.

      frightening (verb)

      • agitating,
      • harrowing,
      • panicking,
      • setting on edge,
      • horrifying,
      • haunting,
      • rattling,
      • petrifying,
      • unnerving,
      • disturbing,
      • alarming.

      threatening (verb)

      • Harassing,
      • Scaring,
      • Bulldozing.
    • Other synonyms:

      • ghoulish,
      • dreaded,
      • gloomy,
      • unearthly,
      • nightmarish,
      • stomach-churning,
      • stygian,
      • heart-stopping,
      • eerie,
      • freaky,
      • macabre,
      • unthinkable.

      • frighteningly.

      • chill.

      Other relevant words (noun):

      • steely,
      • brutal,
      • high pressure,
      • admonitory,
      • deterrent,
      • austere,
      • inauspicious,
      • flinty,
      • fierce,
      • startling,
      • Crawly,
      • swaggering,
      • conquering,
      • minacious,
      • shocking,
      • risky,
      • dissuasive,
      • terrible,
      • stern,
      • horrid,
      • hazardous,
      • stark,
      • severe,
      • confining,
      • strong-arm,
      • terrorist,
      • imminent,
      • cautionary,
      • impending,
      • Encumbering,
      • Subduing,
      • terroristic,
      • dispiriting,
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      • Threatful,
      • thuggish,
      • chancy,
      • Abashing,
      • brutish,
      • dismaying,
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      • redoubtable,
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      • forbidding,
      • Overawing,
      • direful,
      • rugged,
      • sinister,
      • limiting,
      • Fulminating,
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      • Expostulatory,
      • Swashing,
      • lowering,
      • Prancing,
      • frightful,
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      • terrorising,
      • throttling,
      • ghastly,
      • dread,
      • Oppressing,
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      • aggressive,
      • dour,
      • sashaying,
      • Suppressing,
      • restricting,
      • constraining,
      • bounding,
      • Cocking,
      • blood-curdling,
      • denunciatory,
      • dire,
      • comminatory,
      • badgering,
      • Strutting,
      • bludgeoning,
      • perilous,
      • terrorizing,
      • abusive,
      • argumentative,
      • blustering,
      • awing,
      • monitory,
      • Bluffing,
      • gruff,
      • domineering,
      • louring,
      • ungentle,
      • violent,
      • Funking,
      • ominous,
      • intimidate,
      • Hectoring,
      • dreadful,
      • Cowing.

    How to use «Intimidating» in context?

    What intimidates most people is the unknown. They are scared of the things that they don’t understand. They are scared of the things that they can’t control. They are scared of the things that might hurt them. They are scared of the things that might come after them. All of these things are intimidations. They are things that make most people feel scared and uncertain. However, there are ways to overcome these intimidations and build a life that is both meaningful and exciting.

    Paraphrases for Intimidating:

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    • Equivalence

      • Adjective
        intimidate, threatening.
      • Verb, gerund or present participle
        bullying.
    • Independent

      • Adjective
        alarming, amazing, appalling, astonishing, astounding, awesome, chilling, formidable, horrifying, impressive, shocking, startling, striking, stunning, surprising.
      • Verb, gerund or present participle
        threatening, Coercing, hassling.
    • Other Related

      • Adjective
        bullying, daunting, frightening, off-putting, scary, terrifying.
      • Verb, gerund or present participle
        Scaring, terrorizing.

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    twist tie,
    fistbump.

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    1. intimidating (Adjective)

    1 synonym

    # Word Number of letters Number of synonyms
    1. daunting 8 letters 8 synonyms

    1 definition

    intimidating (Adjective) —   Discouraging through fear 1 example
    1. ex. «The tension was heightened by meetings that were fairly intimidating in their office or motel conference room settings»

    1 synonym

    # Word Number of letters Number of synonyms
    1. restraining 11 letters 10 synonyms

    2 definitions

    intimidating (Verb) —   Make timid or fearful 1 example
    1. ex. «Her boss intimidates her»
    intimidating (Verb) —   To compel or deter by or as if by threats

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    daunting, restraining.

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    Synonyms of intimidating

    • adjective



    • as in terrifying



    • as in gruff

    • verb



    • as in frightening

    • as in terrifying
    • as in gruff
    • as in frightening


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    intimidating
    1 of 2

    adjective

    Definition of intimidatingnext

    1

    as in terrifying

    causing fear

    the school’s seniors faced the intimidating prospect of the college entrance exams

    Synonyms & Similar Words

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    • terrifying

    • frightening

    • formidable

    • scary

    • horrible

    • terrible

    • alarming

    • fearful

    • dread

    • shocking

    • horrifying

    • forbidding

    • creepy

    • startling

    • eerie

    • fearsome

    • threatening

    • trying

    • dreadful

    • daunting

    • frightful

    • troubling

    • ghastly

    • disturbing

    • redoubtable

    • discouraging

    • gruesome

    • eery

    • unnerving

    • horrendous

    • spinechilling

    • dire

    • disconcerting

    • demoralizing

    • hairraising

    • direful

    • perturbing

    • disquieting

    • weird

    • distressing

    • dismaying

    • hideous

    • appalling

    • nightmarish

    • monstrous

    • grisly

    • macabre

    • awful

    • horrid

    • bonechilling

    • atrocious

    • grewsome


    Antonyms & Near Antonyms

    • reassuring

    • comforting

    • relaxing

    • calming

    • soothing

    • inviting

    • tranquilizing

    • consoling

    • quieting

    • nonthreatening

    • lulling

    • tranquillizing

    • pacifying

    • nonintimidating

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    • reassuring

    • comforting

    • relaxing

    • calming

    • soothing

    • inviting

    • tranquilizing

    • consoling

    • quieting

    • nonthreatening

    • lulling

    • tranquillizing

    • pacifying

    • nonintimidating

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    2

    as in gruff

    harsh and threatening in manner or appearance

    an intimidating bodyguard keeping the fans away from the pop star

    Synonyms & Similar Words

    • gruff

    • fierce

    • stern

    • grim

    • rugged

    • hostile

    • forbidding

    • bleak

    • severe

    • rough

    • stark

    • lowering

    • dour

    • austere

    • hardened

    • cold

    • dark

    • stubborn

    • steely

    • flinty

    • somber

    • ungentle

    • unfriendly

    • black

    • louring

    • inhospitable

    • determined

    • stiff

    • moody

    • solemn

    • inimical

    • unsympathetic

    • adamant

    • purposeful

    • uncompromising

    • resolute

    • unflinching

    • bound

    • rigid

    • serious

    • steadfast

    • obstinate

    • unrelenting

    • implacable

    • hard

    • intent

    • wilful

    • resolved

    • willful

    • immovable

    • inflexible

    • obdurate

    • unyielding

    • surly

    • unbending

    • firm

    • fixed

    • sullen

    • sulky

    • unsmiling

    • hardheaded

    • gloomy

    • morose

    • immutable

    • unchangeable

    • brooding

    • joyless

    • cheerless

    • sombre

    • humorless

    • melancholy

    • mulish

    • melancholic

    • ironhanded

    • glum

    • staid

    • grave

    • weighty

    • sober

    • set

    • selfwilled

    • sobersided


    Antonyms & Near Antonyms

    • benign

    • gentle

    • mild

    • easy

    • soft

    • soothing

    • meek

    • quiet

    • bland

    • mellow

    • tender

    • pleasant

    • benignant

    • sweet

    • tranquil

    • nonintimidating

    • cheerful

    • agreeable

    • bright

    • inviting

    • pleasing

    • happy

    • glad

    • silly

    • playful

    • lighthearted

    • frivolous

    • goofy

    • merry

    • sunny

    • mirthful

    • giddy

    • scatterbrained

    • flighty

    • harebrained

    • featherbrained

    • lightheaded

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    • benign

    • gentle

    • mild

    • easy

    • soft

    • soothing

    • meek

    • quiet

    • bland

    • mellow

    • tender

    • pleasant

    • benignant

    • sweet

    • tranquil

    • nonintimidating

    • cheerful

    • agreeable

    • bright

    • inviting

    • pleasing

    • happy

    • glad

    • silly

    • playful

    • lighthearted

    • frivolous

    • goofy

    • merry

    • sunny

    • mirthful

    • giddy

    • scatterbrained

    • flighty

    • harebrained

    • featherbrained

    • lightheaded

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    intimidating

    2 of 2

    verb

    present participle of intimidate

    as in frightening

    to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats

    refusing to be intimidated by the manager’s harsh stare, I demanded my money back

    Synonyms & Similar Words

    • frightening

    • bullying

    • scaring

    • startling

    • coercing

    • browbeating

    • shocking

    • cowing

    • hectoring

    • threatening

    • bulldozing

    • harassing

    • bullyragging

    • blackjacking

    • terrifying

    • strongarming

    • picking on

    • ballyragging

    • horrifying

    • menacing

    • pressuring

    • alarming

    • badgering

    • terrorizing

    • bogarting

    • blustering

    • spooking

    • disturbing

    • unnerving

    • compelling

    • forcing

    • disconcerting

    • trashtalking

    • affrighting

    • upsetting

    • demoralizing

    • obliging

    • distressing

    • disquieting

    • hounding

    • constraining

    • bludgeoning

    • dragooning

    • perturbing

    • unmanning

    • pushing around

    • alaruming

    • pressing

    • discomposing

    • making

    • psyching (out)


    Antonyms & Near Antonyms

    • reassuring

    • comforting

    • soothing

    • cheering

    • consoling

    • encouraging

    • convincing

    • persuading

    • solacing

    • emboldening

    • heartening

    • steeling

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    • reassuring

    • comforting

    • soothing

    • cheering

    • consoling

    • encouraging

    • convincing

    • persuading

    • solacing

    • emboldening

    • heartening

    • steeling

    See More

    Thesaurus Entries Near intimidating

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    The tragedy of existence presented itself in its true aspect, as noble and majestic and intimidating.

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    As to intimidating me, or changing my course, the thing cannot be done.

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    The Mohicans boldly sent back the intimidating yell of their enemies, who raised a shout of savage triumph at the fall of Gamut.

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    WORDS RELATED TO INTIMIDATING

    • alarming
    • astounding
    • awful
    • bad
    • daunting
    • dire
    • disheartening
    • dismaying
    • dreadful
    • fearful
    • formidable
    • frightening
    • frightful
    • ghastly
    • grim
    • grody
    • gross
    • harrowing
    • heavy
    • hideous
    • horrible
    • horrid
    • horrific
    • intimidating
    • mean
    • petrifying
    • scaring
    • shocking
    • terrible
    • terrifying
    • the end
    • unnerving
    • affecting
    • amazing
    • arresting
    • astonishing
    • astounding
    • august
    • awe-inspiring
    • breathtaking
    • daunting
    • dreadful
    • exalted
    • fearsome
    • formidable
    • grand
    • imposing
    • inspiring
    • intimidating
    • magnificent
    • majestic
    • miraculous
    • moving
    • overwhelming
    • shocking
    • solemn
    • spectacular
    • staggering
    • striking
    • stunning
    • stupefying
    • sublime
    • transcendent
    • wonderful
    • wondrous
    • bullying
    • forced
    • forceful
    • intimidating
    • violent
    • awe-inspiring
    • awesome
    • distressing
    • formidable
    • frightening
    • frightful
    • horrible
    • intimidating
    • powerful
    • scary
    • terrible
    • terrifying
    • all-powerful
    • arduous
    • ballbuster
    • challenging
    • colossal
    • effortful
    • hard
    • intimidating
    • labored
    • laborious
    • mighty
    • onerous
    • overpowering
    • powerful
    • puissant
    • rough
    • staggering
    • strenuous
    • toilsome
    • tough
    • tough proposition
    • tremendous
    • uphill
    • alarming
    • appalling
    • atrocious
    • awesome
    • awful
    • chilling
    • daunting
    • dire
    • direful
    • dismaying
    • disquieting
    • dread
    • dreadful
    • fearful
    • fearsome
    • formidable
    • ghastly
    • grabber
    • grim
    • grisly
    • gruesome
    • hair-raising
    • hairy
    • harrowing
    • hideous
    • horrendous
    • horrible
    • horrid
    • horrifying
    • inconceivable
    • intimidating
    • lurid
    • macabre
    • menacing
    • morbid
    • ominous
    • petrifying
    • portentous
    • repellent
    • spooky
    • terrible
    • terrifying
    • traumatic
    • unnerving
    • unspeakable

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