Intimidation

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated; as, the voters were kept from the polls by intimidation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of intimidating or making fearful, or the state of being intimidated; fear excited by threats or hostile acts.
  • n. In law, the wrongful use of violence or a threat of violence, direct or indirect, against any person with a view to compel him to do or to abstain from doing some act which he has a legal right to do or to abstain from doing.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid
  • n. the feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc.
  • n. the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something
  • n. a communication that makes you afraid to try something
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fearfulness    fright    fear    dismay    discouragement    disheartenment   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    coercion    sabotage    bribery    extortion    harassment    misrepresentation    aggression    deception    arson    cajolery