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to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats
refusing to be intimidated by the manager's harsh stare, I demanded my money back
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Recent Examples of 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
Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Romano, who shot to fame with Everybody Loves Raymond, says he still gets intimidated working with celebrities like Kudrow.
—H. Alan Scott, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
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
Verb
At the Los Feliz branch of Los Angeles Public Library, children’s librarian Diane Garcia said she has been intimidated several times by a patron who was furious about the LGBTQ+ picture books on display.
—Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Romano, who shot to fame with Everybody Loves Raymond, says he still gets intimidated working with celebrities like Kudrow.
—H. Alan Scott, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimidated
Verb
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Unfortunately for them, Steph won’t be bullied – even by paternalistic threats of being sued into oblivion.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
23 Dec. 2024
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Watch on Deadline His claims echoed the findings of a Deadline investigation in November 2023, which revealed allegations that Spencer bullied staff and students.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The 2022 protests demonstrated that women, alongside other oppressed and disadvantaged groups, are at the heart of these movements.—
Narges Mohammadi,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025
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What about the stress of living in a chronically oppressed society that could reduce the life span of LGBTQ people?—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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The Context The incident is the latest in series of high-profile crimes on New York subway trains that have shocked the city.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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And the art world is no different — some artists are using it to help generate work, and others are shocked by its capabilities.—
Lucy Handley,
CNBC,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Intimidated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intimidated. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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