intimidated

adjective

in·​tim·​i·​dat·​ed in-ˈti-mə-ˌdā-təd 

: made to feel timid : affected or held back by feelings of fear or timidity

When you're a collector and just starting out, you do feel a bit intimidated …

—Robert I. C. Fisher

For years, the civil rights lobby, backed by Democrats in Congress, was so strong that critics often felt intimidated.

—Joseph P. Shapiro

… he was a supreme boss with a thoroughly intimidated staff that yearned to see him destroyed.

—Russell Baker

She didn't know how to use any of the other cardio machines and was too intimidated to ask.

—Sarah Bowen Shea

Examples of intimidated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With this big change, the museum has worked to create a space where visitors to feel immersed in art without feeling intimidated to learn. —Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 18 Nov. 2025

The group of female Turning Point students was also left feeling intimidated. —Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025

But rather than feeling intimidated or threatened, Swift and Kelce openly root for and celebrate each other’s growth with pride, not insecurity. —Jenna Ryu, SELF, 27 Oct. 2025

The Dodgers are a great team, but the Phillies are likely not looking at them and feeling intimidated. —Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1748, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for intimidated

• abbreviated
• accelerated
• accentuated
• accommodated
• acculturated
• accumulated
• acidulated
• adjudicated
• administrated
• adulterated
• affiliated
• agglomerated