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- the school's seniors faced the intimidating prospect of the college entrance exams
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- an intimidating bodyguard keeping the fans away from the pop star
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- fixed,
- hard,
- hardened,
- hardheaded,
- immovable,
- implacable,
- inflexible,
- ironhanded,
- mulish,
- obdurate,
- obstinate,
- rigid,
- self-willed,
- set,
- stiff,
- stubborn,
- unbending,
- uncompromising,
- unrelenting,
- unyielding,
- willful
- (or wilful)
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intimidating
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of intimidating (Entry 2 of 2)
- refusing to be intimidated by the manager's harsh stare, I demanded my money back
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“Intimidating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intimidating. Accessed 24 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of intimidating was in 1748
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