What is another word for intimidate?
Pronunciation:
[ ɪntˈɪmɪdˌe͡ɪt], [ ɪntˈɪmɪdˌeɪt], [ ɪ_n_t_ˈɪ_m_ɪ_d_ˌeɪ_t]
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Similar words for intimidate:
- other relevant words (adjective)
- bulldoze (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- appall/appal (verb)
- awe (verb)
- browbeat (verb)
- coerce (verb)
- daunt (verb)
- deter (verb)
- discourage (verb)
- dissuade (verb)
- domineer (verb)
- emotion (verb)
- frighten (verb)
- frighten, threaten (verb)
- fulminate (verb)
- harass (verb)
- horrify (verb)
- menace (verb)
- prey on (verb)
- ruffle (verb)
- scare (verb)
- scarify (verb)
- shake (verb)
- strong-arm (verb)
- terrify (verb)
- threaten (verb)
- other synonyms
- amaze
- domineer
- frighten
- other relevant words
- strong-arm
- threaten
Synonyms for Intimidate:
adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)n.
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- over.
v.
• appall/appal (verb)- dis-concerts,
- dis-maying,
- out raging,
- dis heartened,
- dis may,
- out rage,
- un nerved,
- un nerve,
- dis hearten,
- out raged,
- dis-heartening,
- dis-concerting,
- dis-mayed,
- grosses out,
- dis-mays,
- dis heartens,
- dis heartening,
- dis mayed,
- un nerves,
- out-rages,
- dis-heartens,
- dis concerting,
- dis concerts,
- dis-heartened,
- out-raging,
- dis concert,
- grossing out,
- dis-may,
- dis-concert,
- out-raged,
- dis concerted,
- dis-hearten,
- un-nerving,
- dis mays,
- out rages,
- dis-concerted,
- gat to,
- gotten to,
- un nerving,
- un-nerve,
- dis maying,
- un-nerves,
- out-rage.
- over-awe,
- grand stands,
- co-wed,
- hotdogged,
- co wing,
- co wed,
- showboated,
- over-awes,
- over awes,
- over awe,
- co-wing,
- grand stand,
- over awing,
- blowing away,
- over awed,
- knocking socks off,
- over-awing,
- grand-stands,
- blows away,
- grand standing,
- knocked socks off,
- knocks socks off,
- grand-standing,
- over-awed.
- lording over,
- over-bore,
- over bears,
- over-born,
- puts through the wringer,
- over bear,
- lorded it over,
- Over-bearing,
- putting through the wringer,
- despotized,
- puts heat on,
- lording it over,
- putting heat on,
- lords over,
- despotizes,
- over bearing,
- putting the chill on,
- leaned on,
- overborn,
- over-bears,
- puts through wringer,
- over bore,
- lord over,
- over-borne,
- leant on,
- putting chill on,
- puts the chill on,
- despotizing,
- putting through wringer,
- over born,
- overbore,
- puts chill on,
- lords it over,
- leans on,
- lorded over,
- over borne.
- be setting,
- made offer they cant refuse,
- making an offer they can't refuse,
- re presses,
- twist ones arm,
- twists one arm,
- makes an offer they cant refuse,
- re press,
- re strict,
- re pressing,
- concusses,
- twisted ones arm,
- make offer they cant refuse,
- made an offer they cant refuse,
- twists ones arm,
- twisting one arm,
- make offer they can't refuse,
- puts the squeeze on,
- high pressuring,
- making an offer they cant refuse,
- twisting one's arm,
- made an offer they can't refuse,
- high pressured,
- makes offer they can't refuse,
- making offer they can't refuse,
- be-set,
- re-presses,
- be-setting,
- be-sets,
- twisting arm,
- twisted one's arm,
- twisted one arm,
- make an offer they cant refuse,
- re-pressing,
- be sets,
- makes an offer they can't refuse,
- puts squeeze on,
- twisted arm,
- making offer they cant refuse,
- re pressed,
- twist one arm,
- high pressures,
- made offer they can't refuse,
- twisting ones arm,
- re-strict,
- re-press,
- makes offer they cant refuse,
- putting squeeze on,
- twists arm,
- twists one's arm,
- putting the squeeze on.
- re-strain,
- disadvises,
- fore stall,
- pre vent,
- disadvised,
- dis-advised,
- dis-advise,
- pre vents,
- forfends,
- acting like wet blanket,
- de bars,
- fore-stalling,
- act like wet blanket,
- de-bars,
- dis advise,
- fore stalls,
- re-straining,
- dis advised,
- de-bar,
- de-barring,
- throwing cold water on,
- fore stalled,
- fore-stall,
- threw cold water on,
- fore-stalls,
- de bar,
- putting a damper on,
- forfending,
- fore-stalled,
- pre-vented,
- re strain,
- dis advises,
- putting damper on,
- re-strains,
- dis-advising,
- puts damper on,
- puts a damper on,
- throws cold water on,
- de barred,
- acts like a wet blanket,
- pre venting,
- acted like a wet blanket,
- talked out of,
- pre-vent,
- dis-advises,
- re strains,
- pre-venting,
- disadvising,
- acting like a wet blanket,
- fore stalling,
- forfended,
- dis advising,
- re straining,
- talks out of,
- de barring,
- re-strained,
- acts like wet blanket,
- re strained,
- acted like wet blanket,
- pre-vents,
- de-barred.
- breaks one's heart,
- dis-tresses,
- break ones heart,
- beating down,
- broke one's heart,
- dis courage,
- breaks ones heart,
- de-press,
- dis tresses,
- broke heart,
- brake one's heart,
- brake one heart,
- de-pressing,
- casts down,
- de-pressed,
- dis-tressed,
- dis courages,
- de-moralized,
- brake ones heart,
- dis tress,
- break heart,
- de pressed,
- breaking heart,
- beats down,
- break one heart,
- brake heart,
- de moralized,
- de press,
- de moralizes,
- dis-tress,
- breaks heart,
- breaks one heart,
- dis-courage,
- de-presses,
- broke ones heart,
- dis-courages,
- de-moralize,
- de-moralizing,
- de-moralizes,
- dis tressed,
- breaking one's heart,
- de presses,
- de moralize,
- breaking one heart,
- breaking ones heart,
- de moralizing,
- de pressing,
- broke one heart.
- chill,
- derail,
- dissuade,
- avert,
- dampen,
- inhibit,
- prevent,
- dishearten,
- deflect,
- check,
- divert,
- depress,
- admonish,
- restrain,
- ban,
- disincline,
- bar.
- inning the drivers seat,
- keeps under thumb,
- in the drivers seat,
- runs things,
- are in the saddle,
- pre vail,
- being in the saddle,
- leading by the nose,
- was in saddle,
- lead by nose,
- inned drivers seat,
- running show,
- wert in the saddle,
- leads by nose,
- are saddle,
- rule roost,
- threw weight around,
- are the saddle,
- pushing buttons,
- being the saddle,
- inned the drivers seat,
- pre-dominating,
- is saddle,
- inned the driver seat,
- pre-vails,
- inning the driver seat,
- was the saddle,
- are in saddle,
- kicks around,
- pushes buttons,
- leads by the nose,
- ins the driver's seat,
- pre dominated,
- pre dominating,
- ran things,
- was in the saddle,
- is in the saddle,
- wert saddle,
- in drivers seat,
- keeping under thumb,
- pre dominate,
- being in saddle,
- pre vailed,
- pre-dominates,
- running the show,
- ins drivers seat,
- in driver seat,
- ins the drivers seat,
- throws weight around,
- pushes the buttons,
- pre-dominate,
- wast saddle,
- pre-vail,
- inning driver's seat,
- art saddle,
- were saddle,
- runs show,
- pushing the buttons,
- is the saddle,
- wert the saddle,
- kept under thumb,
- inned driver's seat,
- wast the saddle,
- inning driver seat,
- inned the driver's seat,
- in the driver seat,
- ran the show,
- leading by nose,
- inning the driver's seat,
- be saddle,
- pre vailing,
- be the saddle,
- was saddle,
- run show,
- runs the show,
- art in the saddle,
- am saddle,
- ins driver's seat,
- is in saddle,
- were in saddle,
- inned driver seat,
- art in saddle,
- led by nose,
- inning drivers seat,
- were the saddle,
- ins driver seat,
- being saddle,
- ran show,
- pre vails,
- am the saddle,
- wast in the saddle,
- pre dominates,
- wast in saddle,
- ins the driver seat,
- were in the saddle,
- pre-vailed,
- wert in saddle,
- art the saddle,
- pre-dominated,
- pushed buttons,
- pushed the buttons.
- bowl over,
- bluster,
- dismay,
- bully,
- badger,
- force,
- bait,
- compel,
- dispirit,
- ride,
- disquiet,
- hound,
- oblige,
- constrain,
- buffalo,
- twist someone's arm,
- subdue,
- enforce.
- be-rating,
- de-claimed,
- be rated,
- denunciating,
- re probating,
- re probate,
- swore at,
- re-probated,
- be rate,
- de-claims,
- denunciates,
- de-claim,
- up-braiding,
- up braids,
- inveighing against,
- de claims,
- de claim,
- be rates,
- up-braid,
- be rating,
- inveighs against,
- be-rates,
- de-claiming,
- re-probate,
- up-braided,
- de claimed,
- be-rate,
- swears at,
- pro-testing,
- re probated,
- pro-tested,
- denunciated,
- swearing at,
- pro tested,
- up braid,
- up braided,
- up-braids,
- re-probates,
- sware at,
- re-probating,
- inveighed against,
- pro testing,
- de claiming,
- be-rated.
- de spoiling,
- de spoils,
- be-deviled,
- be leaguered,
- be-devilled,
- de-spoil,
- gave a hard time,
- be devils,
- gives a bad time,
- rattle cage,
- rattles ones cage,
- gives a hard time,
- be-leaguers,
- be deviling,
- gave bad time,
- be-deviling,
- de spoil,
- de spoiled,
- ex-asperated,
- be devilling,
- give hard time,
- rattled one cage,
- ex-asperating,
- be-devils,
- ex asperating,
- rattle ones cage,
- rattling one's cage,
- gave hard time,
- be leaguer,
- noodged,
- de-spoiled,
- giving a bad time,
- rattles one cage,
- rattling ones cage,
- be leaguering,
- be devilled,
- ex-asperate,
- gave a bad time,
- gives bad time,
- rattles cage,
- gives hard time,
- jerks around,
- ex-asperates,
- de-spoiling,
- be-devilling,
- be-leaguered,
- rattle one cage,
- giving bad time,
- be leaguers,
- giving hard time,
- be-devil,
- wrought on,
- jerking around,
- rattling cage,
- rattles one's cage,
- ex asperate,
- rattled one's cage,
- be-leaguer,
- be deviled,
- rattled cage,
- be-leaguering,
- noodging,
- works on,
- de-spoils,
- ex asperates,
- rattling one cage,
- giving a hard time,
- rattled ones cage,
- give bad time,
- be devil.
- dis gusted,
- chills off,
- dis gusts,
- dis-gust,
- chilled off,
- dis gusting,
- dis-gusting,
- dis-gusted,
- dis-gusts,
- chilling off,
- dis gust.
- badeye,
- over hang,
- badeying,
- bad-eyeing,
- end-angering,
- bad eyed,
- pushes around,
- badeyed,
- over-hang,
- whips around,
- badeyes,
- bad-eying,
- over hangs,
- end anger,
- end angering,
- bad eyes,
- end-angers,
- badeyeing,
- bad-eyes,
- bad eying,
- over-hangs,
- whipped around,
- scared hell out of,
- end angers,
- whipping around,
- scaring hell out of,
- end-anger,
- over-hanging,
- scares hell out of,
- pushed around,
- whipt around,
- bad-eyed,
- bad eyeing,
- end angered.
- de-predated,
- de predated,
- de predates,
- de-predate,
- lives off,
- de-predates,
- de-predating,
- took advantage of,
- lived off,
- living off,
- de predate,
- de predating.
- ex-cites,
- un-settle,
- throw in to tizzy,
- ex cites,
- ex citing,
- ex-cited,
- threw in to tizzy,
- throwing into tizzy,
- throws into tizzy,
- un settle,
- ex-cite,
- un settled,
- throwing in to tizzy,
- un settles,
- threw into tizzy,
- throws in to tizzy,
- ex cite,
- un settling,
- un-settling,
- ex cited,
- un-settled.
- gives fright,
- gives a fright,
- scares silly,
- giving a fright,
- struck terror in,
- scares pants off,
- strook terror in,
- gives turn,
- give turn,
- scaring pants off,
- scaring stiff,
- scared the pants off,
- scare pants off,
- gave fright,
- gives a turn,
- give fright,
- gave a fright,
- scaring the pants off,
- strikes terror in,
- scaring silly,
- giving turn,
- striking terror in,
- scared pants off,
- scares the pants off,
- gave turn,
- giving fright,
- giving a turn,
- gave a turn.
- made one hair stand end,
- make one hair stand end,
- makes one blood run cold,
- making one blood run cold,
- scared the daylights out of,
- makes one hair stand on end,
- make ones hair stand on end,
- making hair stand end,
- making one hair stand on end,
- making one hair stand end,
- made hair stand end,
- scaring the daylights out of,
- make ones blood run cold,
- make hair stand end,
- scare daylights out of,
- sillying,
- make one's hair stand end,
- makes ones hair stand end,
- made ones hair stand end,
- makes one's blood run cold,
- made hair stand on end,
- made ones hair stand on end,
- made one's hair stand on end,
- makes hair stand end,
- makes one's hair stand end,
- made one hair stand on end,
- making one's hair stand end,
- made one's hair stand end,
- made one's blood run cold,
- sillied,
- scaring daylights out of,
- scares the daylights out of,
- make one hair stand on end,
- making one's hair stand on end,
- made one blood run cold,
- make ones hair stand end,
- makes ones blood run cold,
- scares daylights out of,
- makes one's hair stand on end,
- making hair stand on end,
- making ones hair stand on end,
- made ones blood run cold,
- make hair stand on end,
- make one blood run cold,
- making ones hair stand end,
- making one's blood run cold,
- makes hair stand on end,
- scared daylights out of,
- makes one hair stand end,
- making ones blood run cold,
- makes ones hair stand on end.
- throwing curve,
- threw a curve,
- dis composes,
- un-string,
- dis-composed,
- throw curve,
- un-stringed,
- dis-composes,
- knocking props out,
- dis compose,
- up sets,
- making waves,
- knocked props out,
- throws curve,
- un stringed,
- unstrings,
- dis-compose,
- un strung,
- knocks props out,
- un strings,
- up setting,
- dis-composing,
- throwing a curve,
- up-setting,
- threw curve,
- throws a curve,
- dis composing,
- un-stringing,
- unstringed,
- dis composed,
- under-mined,
- un-strung,
- under mined,
- up-sets,
- un-strings,
- under mining,
- under-mining,
- un string,
- up-set,
- un stringing.
- struck fear into,
- scaring pants of,
- scared the pants of,
- strike fear in to,
- scared pants off of,
- scared pants of,
- scaring pants off of,
- scares pants of,
- strook fear into,
- striking fear into,
- scared the pants off of,
- scares pants off of,
- struck fear in to,
- scare pants of,
- strook fear in to,
- strikes fear into,
- scares the pants of,
- scaring the pants off of,
- scare pants off of,
- scares the pants off of,
- strikes fear in to,
- striking fear in to,
- scaring the pants of,
- scare the pants of.
Other synonyms:
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- stab.
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- bother.
- awe.
- running things,
- predominates,
- be in the saddle,
- kicking around,
- kick around,
- keep under thumb,
- lead by the nose,
- run things,
- call shots,
- run the show,
- in driver's seat,
- kicked around,
- push the buttons,
- be in saddle,
- led by the nose,
- throwing weight around,
- throw weight around,
- in the driver's seat.
- stiffed,
- make teeth chatter,
- affright,
- curdle the blood,
- stiffs,
- chill to the bone,
- make blood run cold,
- scare off,
- disburb,
- scarify,
- strike terror into,
- scare to death,
- scared to death,
- chilled to the bone.
- Damping,
- put through the wringer,
- Animadverted,
- get to,
- scare the pants off,
- strike fear into,
- shotgunned,
- hector,
- beat down,
- bludgeoning,
- put chill on,
- put a damper on,
- Henpeck,
- pressurize,
- break one's heart,
- fuddle,
- Frighted,
- push around,
- scared silly,
- chill off,
- scare stiff,
- be set,
- put squeeze on,
- heckling,
- blew away,
- leaning on,
- overawe,
- fuddled,
- overawed,
- harass,
- pressurizes,
- gross out,
- forayed,
- make waves,
- Deviled,
- prey on,
- henpecked,
- Frighting,
- scared stiff,
- swear at,
- make one's blood run cold,
- Fussed,
- put damper on,
- appal,
- browbeat,
- bludgeoned,
- knock socks off,
- scares stiff,
- bad-eye,
- Fussing,
- pushing around,
- Devilling,
- jerk around,
- Periling,
- makes waves,
- shut out,
- over-bear,
- feeding on,
- tire,
- concuss,
- unstring,
- overbears,
- put through wringer,
- Menaced,
- put the squeeze on,
- Reprobating,
- showboats,
- noodge,
- pick on,
- frighten,
- fuddles,
- twist arm,
- give a hard time,
- make one's hair stand on end,
- throw cold water on,
- Despotize,
- pressurized,
- put off,
- terrify,
- dragoons,
- shotgunning,
- Imprest,
- act like a wet blanket,
- sillies,
- gets to,
- blow away,
- Animadverting,
- give a turn,
- inveigh against,
- Deviling,
- shake,
- appall,
- pressurizing,
- Railed,
- shutting out,
- harassed,
- live off,
- Dragooned,
- dragoon,
- menace,
- lord it over,
- Overawing,
- Harassing,
- Fuddling,
- strong-arm,
- hotdogs,
- worked on,
- Forfend,
- hotdog,
- impend,
- jerked around,
- unstrung,
- Disadvise,
- animadverts,
- put the chill on,
- hotdogging,
- terrorize,
- bad eye,
- getting to,
- scare the pants off of,
- discourage,
- Periled,
- scare silly,
- knock props out,
- got to,
- lean on,
- overbear,
- throw into tizzy,
- scare the daylights out of,
- high pressure,
- twist one's arm,
- blackjack,
- whip around,
- threaten,
- Tyrannized,
- horrify,
- casting down,
- up set,
- noodges,
- fulminate,
- Dragooning,
- showboating,
- rattle one's cage,
- shotgun,
- animadvert,
- talk out of,
- overawes,
- prohibit,
- Perilling,
- strike terror in,
- give a fright,
- Perilled,
- throw a curve,
- scare,
- showboat,
- daunt,
- put heat on,
- scare hell out of,
- foraying,
- unstringing,
- give a bad time,
- coerce,
- Devilled,
- Shotguns,
- Damped,
- grossed out,
- DAMPS,
- concussing,
- working on,
- concussed,
- Grand-stand,
- Jeopardized,
- deter,
- talking out of,
- domineer,
- Reprobated,
- work on,
- cast down,
- overborne,
- heckle,
- ruffle,
- Denunciate,
- make an offer they can't refuse.
How to use "Intimidate" in context?
What does the word intimidate mean? Intimidate can mean to make someone feel scared, worried, or nervous. It can also refer to the act of making someone feel that way through intimidation tactics. Examples of intimidation tactics might include yelling, making threatening gestures, or making threats to hurt or kill the person. Intimidation can be used to get someone to do what you want or to stop them from doing something they want to do.
Paraphrases for Intimidate:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
intimidating.
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Noun, singular or mass
bully.
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Verb, past tense
bully.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
threatening.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
intimidation.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Intimidate:
v.
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emotion
discourage, affright, frighten, scare, fright.
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emotion
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