intimidate
verb/ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/
/ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they intimidate | /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/ /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/ |
he / she / it intimidates | /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪts/ /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪts/ |
past simple intimidated | /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪtɪd/ |
past participle intimidated | /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪtɪd/ |
-ing form intimidating | /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪtɪŋ/ /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪtɪŋ/ |
- intimidate somebody (into something/into doing something) to frighten or threaten somebody so that they will do what you want
- They were accused of intimidating people into voting for them.
- She refused to be intimidated by their threats.
Extra Examples- He was not a man to be easily intimidated.
- She did not feel intimidated by him.
- The police had tried to intimidate him into signing a confession.
- Buildings were set on fire in an attempt to intimidate our members.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- physically
- psychologically
- try to
- into
- an attempt to intimidate somebody
- an effort to intimidate somebody
- be easily intimidated
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin intimidat- ‘made timid’, from the verb intimidare (based on timidus ‘timid’).Take your English to the next level
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