intimidate
pronunciation
How to pronounce intimidate in British English:
UK [ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt]
How to pronounce intimidate in American English:
US [ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt]
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- Verb:
- make timid or fearful
- to compel or deter by or as if by threats
Word Origin
- intimidate (v.)
- 1640s, from Medieval Latin intimidatus, past participle of intimidare "to frighten, intimidate," from Latin in- "in" (see in- (2)) + timidus "fearful" (see timid). Related: Intimidated; intimidating.
Example
- 1. It can also produce two small " horns " to intimidate and scare away would be predators .
- 2. He and his ministers claimed asylum-seekers on one boat had thrown their children into the sea to intimidate the authorities .
- 3. A former assistant to enron ceo jeffrey skilling says on the site that fbi agents tried to intimidate her colleagues .
- 4. On the contrary , any signs that washington wants to intimidate the middle kingdom will only sharpen nationalist and xenophobic tendencies .
- 5. Mr meles sprinkles spies through the universities to intimidate and control the students ; he was once a student agitator himself .