as in to intimidate
to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats
anonymous trolls on the website tried to bullyrag him into backing down
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Mushrooms are a delicious addition to recipes, but preparing them for a dish can be intimidating.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
25 Mar. 2025 -
Change can be intimidating, but doing nothing is the riskiest move of all.—
Abhijit Verekar,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Once back, Jérémie can’t bear to leave, and Vincent, resentful of the intruder in his mother’s house, tries to bully him out.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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Earlier this month, a 13-year-old girl from Northern Kentucky took her own life after years of being bullied.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
19 Mar. 2025
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Possibly, those who spent a lot of time looking at all kinds of NPCs are harder to scare with imperfect 3D models of people.—
Victor Erukhimov,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Sea cucumbers can eject part of their guts out of their mouth to scare off predators.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2025
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Miller, of course, is aware that Trump’s intention, always, is to shock, to play the madman, and thus frighten his rivals and alter the terms of the debate.—
David Remnick,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2025
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Seeing those kinds of numbers in headlines may have started to frighten U.S. consumers, data shows.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Mar. 2025
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