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intimidating

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verb

present participle of intimidate

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Recent Examples of intimidating
Adjective
The implications of SonixLegend trying to actually work through their Steam backlog can be more than a little intimidating, though. Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025 Just like everything old that becomes new again, this generation has claimed Ortega’s dark, stoic, intimidating, deadpan take on Wednesday as their own—perfect Halloween costume material. Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
Breaking into the tiny house world doesn’t have to be intimidating, either. Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025 Smaller children that might find a corn maze a little too intimidating can also enjoy a soybean maze at the farm. Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for intimidating
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimidating
Adjective
  • In the del Toro version, the creature played by Jacob Elordi is not terrifying, the director told Entertainment Weekly in September before the film debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The line occurs when the film’s protagonist, Ripley (Weaver), emerges from an elevator in a giant metal bodysuit, ready to fight a terrifying alien to save a young child.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But encounters with the island’s residents, including with his gruff but warm-hearted landlady (played by German screen legend Hanna Schygulla), gradually alter his outlook.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Panday plays a convincingly gruff tortured artist alongside Padda’s struggling ingenue, and most of the screen time is devoted to their pairing instead of introducing tertiary excess.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Kids will love sending this Dilophosaurus sauntering across the floor, frightening everything and everyone in his path.
    Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Instances of swatting have been plaguing the nation for years, with fake shooting threats frightening the public and forcing schools, hospitals, grocery stores, office buildings, and airports into temporary lockdowns.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Starters Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow and Ohtani make up one of the most formidable playoff rotations in recent memory and their lineup with Ohtani at the top followed by stars like Mookie Betts, Freeman, Teoscar Hernandez and a slew of others.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Edouard Langlois, a formidable dark-bearded gentleman, was the artistic director of the local Edwin Booth Theatre.
    Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Children’s Health Defense, the organization Kennedy built into one of the fiercest foes of childhood vaccines, took interest in the Idaho bill early on.
    Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Two-time All Pro linebacker James Harrison led a fierce Pittsburgh Steelers defense for years, winning Defensive Player of the Year in 2008.
    Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • He was wrapped up in a high-profile bullying scandal during the 2013 season.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Wembanyama added weight and has been bullying defenders in the paint during the preseason while shooting fewer treys.
    Stan Son, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The truth can be far more haunting than any scary story.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The movie adaptation was terrifying, but the creepy atmospheric tension in the novel is even scarier.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Several Dolphins who have been on the team for more than two years said Wednesday that McDaniel was more stern in meetings this week.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The culling of federal agencies has provoked stern warnings from nonprofit groups and other organizations that work to protect public lands and the agencies that manage them.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Intimidating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intimidating. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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