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

Is there a bias against the Housewives, and why is everyone so intimidated? —Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 10 Jan. 2025

Does Jonas feel intimidated to thread those lines between the personal and the fictional so closely? —Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024

Those staffing the agencies, meanwhile, may prove too intimidated to resist abuse by the White House. —Robert Mickey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017

Caroline was very intimidated by Kyle at that point in the game. —Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1748, in the meaning defined above