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

Building a football culture from not very much seems like a daunting prospect, but Pomroy does not seem too intimidated. —Nick Miller, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025

Is there an underserved niche of Santa Barbara moms with their own pristine vegetable gardens who’ve previously been too intimidated to attempt baking focaccia? —Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2025

Whole Foods also alleged the union coerced and intimidated workers in an effort to win the election. —Greg Bensinger, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025

Hollywood powers were so intimidated that Jack Warner and Louis B Mayer, head of MGM, paraded before congressional committees to defend their patriotism. —Peter Bart, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1748, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for intimidated

• abbreviated
• accelerated
• accentuated
• accommodated
• acculturated
• accumulated
• acidulated
• adjudicated
• administrated
• adulterated
• affiliated
• agglomerated