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verb

past tense of intimidate
as in bullied
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
Adjective
These agents monitored and sometimes obstructed care to protesters, intimidated staff, seized protesters and took away the dead in body bags. — Sarah El Deeb, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026 The affidavit alleges the group entered the church in a coordinated manner, disrupted the service and intimidated parishioners, forcing it to be cut short. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026
Verb
As a result, bodyweight exercises may feel more approachable and sustainable for beginners or even people intimidated by going to a gym. — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 20 June 2026 The biggest hurdle, though, is simply believing the Elle Woods who learns to prove her doubters wrong at 16 would be so intimidated when faced with doing it again at 22. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for intimidated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimidated
  1. browbeaten
  2. bullied
  3. oppressed
  4. frightened
  5. crushed
  6. scared
  7. startled
  8. cowed
Adjective
  • Audiences who endured the Miramax era have been browbeaten to believe that the best picture Oscar should go to a period piece that chokes out a sob from audiences.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Not to the extent that the user is necessarily being browbeaten.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Definition of browbeaten
Verb
  • They got bullied in that one, showing a tremendous lack of physicality.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 June 2026
  • Because he was being completely bullied and demeaned and excused.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
Definition of bullied
Adjective
  • The Irish were the original oppressed people from the English Empire, and the original colony.
    — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
  • The body pointed to the fact that Iran’s Farabi cinema body, which oversees the country’s submission, was directly controlled by the hardline Islamic Republic regime government, which in turn has suppressed freedom of speech and brutally oppressed filmmakers across its 47 years in power.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 May 2026
Definition of oppressed
Verb
  • At the time of writing, as the Marine Traffic map shows, tanker traffic is barely moving through the Strait, and many ships, unable to obtain insurance or with their owners frightened at the level of risk involved, are refusing to advance.
    — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • But because the president has frightened Congress, Congress doesn’t raise its voice when the president puts his Albert Speer–like building project, or intends to, on Congress’s land.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
Definition of frightened
Adjective
  • Nonetheless, some 120,000 Mint Juleps are consumed across two sunny days at Churchill Downs during the Kentucky Derby, proving that some cocktails can become refreshing daytime summer sippers just by sheer force of will, and a little crushed ice.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 4 July 2026
  • There are seven roasted, charred and crushed chiles in the orange salsa.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of crushed
Verb
  • Don’t be scared by his blue eyes.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • Lendeborg being 24 when camp opens rightly scared away some of the rebuilding teams picking ahead of Golden State, especially in concert with his iffy outside shot.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 25 June 2026
Definition of scared
Verb
  • Comcast startled the industry and Wall Street with the split news early Monday, which comes just a few months after NBCU’s cable networks were spun off into a new company, Versant Media.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 June 2026
  • Hyland said he’s been startled by how close the construction barges come to shore.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026
Definition of startled
Verb
  • Perhaps cowed by Concerned Parents’ aggression, the board voted in 1972 to remove from classrooms Mike Royko’s book Boss, an exposé of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
  • Instead, several of Kendall’s key allies are cowed by Logan’s intimidating presence — even Roman buckles under the pressure — and the media titan declares victory.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
Definition of cowed

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