intimidated

adjective

in·​tim·​i·​dat·​ed in-ˈti-mə-ˌdā-təd 

: made to feel timid : affected or held back by feelings of fear or timidity

When you're a collector and just starting out, you do feel a bit intimidated …

—Robert I. C. Fisher

For years, the civil rights lobby, backed by Democrats in Congress, was so strong that critics often felt intimidated.

—Joseph P. Shapiro

… he was a supreme boss with a thoroughly intimidated staff that yearned to see him destroyed.

—Russell Baker

She didn't know how to use any of the other cardio machines and was too intimidated to ask.

—Sarah Bowen Shea

Examples of intimidated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Back then, and even now, the assumption is that any 20-year-old rookie entering the major leagues, especially one who didn’t speak English, would be quiet, a bit intimidated, often a nervous wreck. —Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024

Although there are hundreds of special features (and price points) to sift through, there’s no reason to feel intimidated when shopping for your new timepiece. —Yoni Yardeni, WWD, 21 July 2024

The Americans were not intimidated, taking the game to Brazil in the early moments. —Steven Goff, Washington Post, 13 June 2024

Governance suffers when women are harassed into leaving politics or are too intimidated to get involved in the first place. —Jamille Bigio, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1748, in the meaning defined above