MEANING
To make someone feel afraid, overawed, or discouraged from acting, often by a threat or imposing presence.
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Words that belong together
- intimidate a witness
- intimidated by a presence
On the page
The silence intimidated the visitor more than the shouted warning had.
She refused to let the official’s manner intimidate her into changing the account.
Nearby words
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Word forms
- Base
- intimidate
- Past tense
- intimidated
- Past participle
- intimidated
- Present participle
- intimidating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- intimidate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are intimidating
- Present perfect
- have/has intimidated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been intimidating
- Past
- intimidated
- Past continuous
- was/were intimidating
- Past perfect
- had intimidated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been intimidating
- Future
- will intimidate
- Future continuous
- will be intimidating
- Future perfect
- will have intimidated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been intimidating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: intimidate; intimidates; intimidated; intimidated; intimidating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: intimidates.
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