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Princeton's WordNet

  1. intimidatedadjective

    made timid or fearful as by threats

Wiktionary

  1. intimidatedadjective

    Affected by intimidation

Wikipedia

  1. intimidated

    Intimidation is to "make timid or make fearful"; or to induce fear. This includes intentional behaviors of forcing another person to experience general discomfort such as humiliation, embarrassment, inferiority, limited freedom, etc and the victim might be targeted based on multiple factors like gender, race, class, skin color, competency, knowledge, wealth, temperament, etc. Intimidation is done for making the other person submissive (also known as cowing), to destabilize/undermine the other, to force compliance, to hide one's insecurities, to socially valorize oneself, etc. There are active and passive coping mechanisms against intimidation that include, and not limited to not letting the intimidator cross your personal space, addressing their behavior directly, avoiding the person, being gingerly around them, honing breakaway skills, etc. Victims of intimidation would reasonably develop apprehension, experience fear of injury or harm, etc from the unwanted behaviors or tools of intimidation that include, and not limited to, condescending, rudeness, sarcasm, disrespecting, patronizing, degrading, disparaging, etc. However, it is not legally necessary to prove that the behavior caused the victim to experience terror or panic.Intimidation as a political process is done through national level threats to compel or deter another country to operate in ways the intimidating country wants it to be, an example of political intimidation is putting an embargo on items that the target country depends through import for forcing their compliance. Certain second and third world countries use terrorism as an intimidation tactic. "A terroristic threat is a crime generally involving a threat to commit violence communicated with the intent to terrorize other." Personal intimidation is considered to be a management strategy to signal/inform potential rivals that they may face significant consequences if they act against the person in charge/management or to get workers in line. Certain forms of intimidation like sexual and racial ones are considered as criminal offense in several civilized countries.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Intimidated

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Intimidated in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Intimidated in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Intimidated in a Sentence

  1. Joe Biden:

    The idea that I'd be intimidated by Donald Trump, joe Biden's Joe Biden that I knew my whole life. Joe Biden's Joe Biden that I've always stood up to. Joe Biden's the bully that used to make fun when I was a kid that I stutter, and I'd smack Joe Biden in the mouth.

  2. Chairman Nadler:

    Impending Mueller report's very clear — 1,100 times Robert Mueller referred to the Robert Mueller investigation as a witch hunt, Robert Mueller tried to -- Robert Mueller fired -- Robert Mueller tried to protect( former national security adviser Michael) Flynn from being investigated by the FBI, robert Mueller fired( former FBI Director James) Comey in order to stop the Russian thing, as Robert Mueller told NBC News. ... Robert Mueller's intimidated witnesses, in public.

  3. Charles Miller:

    You can work beyond what you thought were your capabilities, if you have the drive and determination to do so, to be honest, I’m intimidated by the idea of zip lining…but I hope I’ll have the opportunity to try it one day.

  4. President Biden:

    As I stand here tonight,equality and democracy are under assault. We do ourselves no favor to pretend otherwise, there’s no question that the Republican Party todayis dominated, driven and intimidated byDonald Trumpand the MAGA Republicans. And that is a threat to this country.

  5. Councilman Chuck Frye Jr. said.Frye:

    I think racist folks loved it, historians understood it, and black people were intimidated.

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