INTIMIDATED Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

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Definition of intimidated

as in cowed

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verb

past tense of intimidate

as in bullied

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

Adjective

Staff and families alleged there have been repercussions for those who speak out, and teachers feel intimidated and distracted from their classrooms. — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 12 May 2026 Rather than feel awkward or intimidated, Momiki says a bond was formed. — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 1 May 2026

Verb

Perry said she might have been too intimidated to do it herself. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026 Many times, these patients feel intimidated not by the act of creating itself, but by making art in front of others. — Stephanie Vermillion, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for intimidated

Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimidated

Adjective

At times during the inquiry hearings, the nurses were almost browbeaten into accepting the inquiry’s premise.

— Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of browbeaten

Verb

His descriptions of being bullied in high school for his sexuality resemble plotlines from Very Special Episodes of TV, and his relationship with his ailing father is similarly generic.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
Yes, Stark has painted, or, more accurately, anodized, powder-coated, and otherwise bullied into submission just about everything to black.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of bullied

Adjective

Roosevelt’s patrician upbringing, as well as ties to her husband’s career, led to certain frictions between the two, with Murray consistently urging the First Lady to act on behalf of Black Americans and other oppressed peoples.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
All of us artists could stand to be more like Mark, willing to speak out for oppressed people everywhere, even when powerful people try to bully us into silence.

— Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of oppressed

Verb

The stranger’s hollow cheeks, his dark eyes, whose lashes always appeared wet, the bony shoulders that protruded from the singlet Chee Meng had lent him—all of it frightened Shawn.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Families confronting a devastating diagnosis may already be frightened, grieving and overwhelmed.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of frightened

Adjective

But once assembly was complete the pit was very sturdy, and my wife and I were easily able to carry it between my porch and a crushed-stone section of my backyard that usually holds a firepit, trying it in both places.

— Noah Kaufman, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026
Pike took a piece of the victim's crushed skull as a trophy and later showed it off in school, recounting that Slemmer had begged the trio to stop, according to court records.

— Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of crushed

Verb

And there are so many more that have stayed silent because people out there have told them not to speak up, who have scared them into not speaking up.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Elmore says the bear eventually climbed down the side of the truck, and employees scared it away from the area.

— Christa Swanson, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of scared

Verb

Far from being cowed, the backlash spurred Curott to advocate for Wiccan and pagan rights.

— Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
Having already weathered so many attacks aimed at diminishing its power, the remaining Iranian leadership, which learned to tolerate hardship in the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s, is unlikely to be cowed by further aggression.

— JAMES F. JEFFREY, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026

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