intimidate

About 0.89 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence.

   He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.

Similar words

restrain terrorize terrorise frighten terrify scare daunting threatening daunt harass

Often followed by

the and him them me or her you a

Word family

intimidated intimidates intimidating intimidatingly intimidation intimidations intimidator intimidators