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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
Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
While exhibitions are the biggest draw, the site has also welcomed more than 5,000 people to its open days, including 1,600 students from nearby schools who might feel intimidated to step into Chanel’s offices in central Paris.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2026
Gardner, a Black woman, said the police union harassed and intimidated her and city officials attempted to silence her and remove her from office.
—Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
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
While exhibitions are the biggest draw, the site has also welcomed more than 5,000 people to its open days, including 1,600 students from nearby schools who might feel intimidated to step into Chanel’s offices in central Paris.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
Those who weren’t intimidated by the long line had a chance to taste one of Jessica’s treats.
—Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2026
Gardner, a Black woman, said the police union harassed and intimidated her and city officials attempted to silence her and remove her from office.
—Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimidated
Verb
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One student recounted the story of a citizen who was bullied because of her ethnicity and later died by suicide.—
Jasmine Arenas,
CBS News,
31 Jan. 2026
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They were bullied, pushed around, beat on the boards.—
Joseph Duarte,
Houston Chronicle,
28 Jan. 2026
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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Why was Caesar Augustus frightened of Ovid?—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Mariana, for example, wrote about children being frightened by school shootings.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
16 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Any oppressed people find outlets in humor.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
14 Jan. 2026
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In 2017, a Radio Free Asia reporter named Shohret Hoshur broke the story that the Chinese government was holding members of the fiercely oppressed Uyghur minority in concentration camps in Xinjiang.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Last summer, Noemi Rios of Dallas started the grassroots organization Vecinos Unidos to advise immigrants of their rights and to identify people who may be confused by or scared of the system.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Jan. 2026
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What really scared me was telling my audience.—
SELF Staff,
SELF,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Garnish with crushed red pepper.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
21 Jan. 2026
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Top with more crushed ice, and garnish with a mint sprig.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
17 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The exchange startled Loftus, who this month shared the correspondence with the Orlando Sentinel.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2026
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YouTube’s growth as a competitor to traditional television has startled the industry in recent years.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
21 Jan. 2026
Verb
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No one was cowed by the threat.—
Katherine Packert Burke,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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School curriculums were sanitized; the press was cowed.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Intimidated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intimidated. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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