English-Thai Dictionary

intimidate

VT ขู่  ทำให้ กลัว  ข่มขู่  กรรโชก  cow frighten threaten animate encourage ku

 

intimidate into

PHRV ขู่ ให้ กลัว  ขู่  ทำให้ ยอมจำนน  frighten into scart into terrify into ku-hai-kua

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INTIMIDATE

v.t.[L. timidus, fearful; timeo, to fear. ] To make fearful; to inspire with fear; to dishearten; to abash.
Now guilt once harbor'd in the conscious breast,
Intimidates the brave, degrades the great.

 

INTIMIDATED

pp. Made fearful; abashed.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INTIMIDATE

In *tim "i *date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intimidated; p. pr. & vb. n.Intimidating. ] Etym: [LL. intimidatus, p. p. of intimidare to frighten; pref. in- in + timidus fearful, timid: cf. F. intimider. See Timid. ]

 

Defn: To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash. Now guilt, once harbored in the conscious breast, Intimidates the brave, degrades the great. Johnson.

 

Syn. -- To dishearten; dispirit; abash; deter; frighten; terrify; daunt; cow.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

intimidate

in tim i date |inˈtimiˌdāt ɪnˈtɪməˌdeɪt | ▶verb frighten or overawe (someone ), esp. in order to make them do what one wants: he tries to intimidate his rivals | (as adj. intimidating ) : the intimidating defense lawyer. DERIVATIVES in tim i dat ing ly adverb, in tim i da tor |-ˌdātər |noun, in tim i da to ry |-dəˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin intimidat- ‘made timid, ’ from the verb intimidare (based on timidus ‘timid ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

intimidate

in ¦timi |date |ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt | ▶verb frighten or overawe (someone ), especially in order to make them do what one wants: the forts are designed to intimidate the nationalist population | (as adj. intimidating ) : the intimidating defence barrister. DERIVATIVES intimidatingly adverb, intimidator noun, intimidatory |-ˈdeɪt (ə )ri |adjective ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin intimidat- ‘made timid ’, from the verb intimidare (based on timidus ‘timid ’).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

intimidate

intimidate verb he sent his goons to intimidate the local merchants: frighten, menace, terrify, scare, terrorize, cow, dragoon, subdue; threaten, browbeat, bully, pressure, harass, harry, hassle, hound, torment, tyrannize, persecute; informal lean on, push around, bulldoze, railroad, twist someone's arm, strong-arm.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

intimidate

intimidate verb he paid them to intimidate his political rivals: frighten, menace, terrify, scare, alarm, terrorize, overawe, awe, cow, subdue, discourage, daunt, unnerve; threaten, domineer, browbeat, bully, pressure, pressurize, harass, harry, hound, hector, torment, plague; tyrannize, persecute, oppress; informal push around /about, lean on, bulldoze, steamroller, railroad, twist someone's arm, use strong-arm tactics on; N. Amer. informal bullyrag. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD intimidate, threaten, menace See threaten . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

intimidate

in tim i date /ɪntɪ́mɪdèɪt /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〈人 〉を脅す, 脅迫する ; 〖～ A into doing 〗A 〈人 〉を脅して …させる (→threaten )▸ intimidate a witness 証人を脅迫する 2 〈人 〉を怖がらせる, 臆 （おく ）病にする .

 

intimidated

in t í m i d à t ed /-ɪd /形容詞 〖通例be ～〗〈人が 〉怖がっている, おびえている ; 自信をなくしている .