intimidate

US: /ˌɪnˈtɪmɪˌdeɪt/
UK: /ɪntˈɪmɪdˌe‍ɪt/


English Vietnamese dictionary


intimidate /in'timideit/
  • ngoại động từ
    • hăm doạ, đe doạ, doạ dẫm

Advanced English dictionary


+ verb
[VN] ~ sb (into sth / into doing sth) to frighten or threaten sb so that they will do what you want: They were accused of intimidating people into voting for them. + She refused to be intimidated by their threats.
intimidation noun [U]: the intimidation of witnesses

Thesaurus dictionary


v.
frighten, scare, alarm, cow, daunt, dismay, abash, appal, awe, overawe, browbeat, menace, threaten, terrify, petrify, terrorize, tyrannize; Slang have or get (someone) by the short and curlies:
You can't intimidate me with your threats!

Collocation dictionary


VERB + INTIMIDATE

try to

PREP.

into
The police had tried to intimidate him into signing a confession.

PHRASES

an attempt to intimidate sb, be easily intimidated
He was not a man to be easily intimidated.
| feel intimidated
She did not feel intimidated by him.


Concise English dictionary


intimidates|intimidated|intimidatingɪn'tɪmɪdeɪt
verb
+make timid or fearful
+to compel or deter by or as if by threats