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

Rather than feel awkward or intimidated, Momiki says a bond was formed. — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 1 May 2026 Many people feel too intimidated to join a facility where other exercisers can see them. — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 16 Mar. 2026

Verb

The three-time Grand Slam doubles champion has a varied game with a killer serve, and she won’t be intimidated by Świątek. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 29 June 2026 Bonnier hopes the exhibition brings people in who have been intimidated by stepping inside a commercial gallery. — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for intimidated

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Adjective

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
Not to the extent that the user is necessarily being browbeaten.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025

Definition of browbeaten

Verb

Bang-geul was bullied by her older half-siblings, who looked down on their younger sister because of her mom’s former status as a domestic employee.

— Kayti Burt, Time, 6 July 2026
This was a rabid, partisan home-soil advantage that flat-out bullied the squad into surviving.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 July 2026

Definition of bullied

Adjective

The Irish were the original oppressed people from the English Empire, and the original colony.

— Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
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

Definition of oppressed

Verb

At the time of writing, as the Marine Traffic map shows, tanker traffic is barely moving through the Strait, and many ships, unable to obtain insurance or with their owners frightened at the level of risk involved, are refusing to advance.

— Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
But because the president has frightened Congress, Congress doesn’t raise its voice when the president puts his Albert Speer–like building project, or intends to, on Congress’s land.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026

Definition of frightened

Adjective

The noodles are soft and mixed with bean sprouts, egg and crushed peanuts.

— Justin Brown, AJC.com, 12 July 2026
Oreo Overload Nachos from Dairy Zone for $10 start with waffle chips piled around vanilla ice cream, hot fudge topped with crushed Oreo cookies for dipping and whipped cream.

— Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 9 July 2026

Definition of crushed

Verb

Running into the real Santosh again amid that backdrop, Juyal asked him if the danger scared him.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 July 2026
Jefferies names it as a top pick, and the margin dip that scared investors is a temporary cost of its Armis acquisition that management expects to reverse in 2027.

— Todd Gordon, CNBC, 8 July 2026

Definition of scared

Verb

The owner was reportedly startled and dropped the leash before the two animals fought, DEEP officials said.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026
Pochettino’s sources of American sports culture inspiration There were some aspects of American culture, and specifically American sports culture, that clearly startled Pochettino.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of startled

Verb

England looked cowed and browbeaten by the second half of the semifinal, which allowed Lionel Messi to do what only Lionel Messi can do.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Perhaps cowed by Concerned Parents’ aggression, the board voted in 1972 to remove from classrooms Mike Royko’s book Boss, an exposé of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026

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