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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
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Recent Examples of intimidated
Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 16 Mar. 2026
These agents monitored and sometimes obstructed care to protesters, intimidated staff, seized protesters and took away the dead in body bags.
—Sarah El Deeb, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
Officials believe Jones, 49, repeatedly called the FBI tip line to report he was being threatened and intimidated in the months leading up to the incident.
—Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
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Adjective
Many people feel too intimidated to join a facility where other exercisers can see them.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 16 Mar. 2026
These agents monitored and sometimes obstructed care to protesters, intimidated staff, seized protesters and took away the dead in body bags.
—Sarah El Deeb, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
Stars Amy Adams and Javier Bardem recall being intimidated by the filmmakers during an early table read.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
Officials believe Jones, 49, repeatedly called the FBI tip line to report he was being threatened and intimidated in the months leading up to the incident.
—Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimidated
Adjective
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Audiences who endured the Miramax era have been browbeaten to believe that the best picture Oscar should go to a period piece that chokes out a sob from audiences.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Not to the extent that the user is necessarily being browbeaten.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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With Ethan Hawke's newbie simmering against the go-for-broke finesse of Denzel Washington's very bad, no-good officer, Training Day revels in tension, with washes of blue and green augmenting scenes where Hawke is bullied into getting high.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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In 2019, Teresa and Gia shared that then-9-year-old Audriana was bullied at school because of her father.—
Jamie Ballard,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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The Irish were the original oppressed people from the English Empire, and the original colony.—
Dan Adler,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
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The body pointed to the fact that Iran’s Farabi cinema body, which oversees the country’s submission, was directly controlled by the hardline Islamic Republic regime government, which in turn has suppressed freedom of speech and brutally oppressed filmmakers across its 47 years in power.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Dolma told me that when the wind turbines were being built, their noise frightened her livestock and carried across the valley, disturbing neighbors during windy times.—
Sanggay Tashi,
The Conversation,
11 June 2026
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Hunters often lit blazing fires, which disoriented and frightened the elk, and as many animals as possible were killed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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Lab testing showed that the candies had no illicit substances in them, but the waxy substance was found to contain THC and the crushed pills allegedly contained cocaine and fentanyl, state police wrote.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
13 June 2026
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Pour into a glass filled with crushed ice.—
Claudia Alarcón,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Verb
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The scientists only got a passing glimpse of the goblin shark before the lights and loud noise from the ROV's motor scared it away, Auscavitch told ABC News.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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Just as Jenner passed by, DeGeneres suddenly popped out from her hiding place and scared the 70-year-old reality star.—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 June 2026
Verb
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Her voice startled me, both rough and smooth—like a bottle of whiskey set in front of a princess.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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Zoo veterinarians and staff will closely monitor the cubs and observe their behaviors like making small climbs, scratching through substrate and calling to one another when startled.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 June 2026
Verb
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Producers have been cowed internally after the show has been undermined by a media company that has consistently refused to stand up for it in public.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
9 June 2026
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Not since Roy Hodgson in 2010 had a Liverpool manager seemed so cowed by an obvious act of hostility.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
30 May 2026
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“Intimidated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intimidated. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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