Synonyms for Intimidating:

• 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.
  •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.

• 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:
  • 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,
  • distressing,
  • Threatful,
  • thuggish,
  • chancy,
  • Abashing,
  • brutish,
  • dismaying,
  • dangerous,
  • redoubtable,
  • rough,
  • forbidding,
  • Overawing,
  • direful,
  • rugged,
  • sinister,
  • limiting,
  • Fulminating,
  • Cumbering,
  • Expostulatory,
  • Swashing,
  • lowering,
  • Prancing,
  • frightful,
  • minatory,
  • terrorising,
  • throttling,
  • ghastly,
  • dread,
  • Oppressing,
  • fearful,
  • 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.

Paraphrases for Intimidating:

• Equivalence

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

• Independent

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

• Other Related

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

Antonyms for Intimidating:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    inviting, cheerful, tranquil, playful, pleasing, frivolous, lighthearted, tranquilizing, calming, pacifying, happy, consoling, soft, harebrained, bland, reassuring, meek, goofy, soothing, easy, scatterbrained, flighty, lulling, pleasant, silly, agreeable, sweet, relaxing, giddy, glad, encouraging, mild, merry, quiet, benignant, featherbrained, gentle, benign, sunny, mirthful, tender, mellow, comforting, light-headed, bright.