Verb

• S: (v) intimidate (make timid or fearful) "Her boss intimidates her"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• S: (v) hold over (intimidate somebody (with a threat)) "She was holding it over him"
• S: (v) strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around (be bossy towards) "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) frighten, fright, scare, affright (cause fear in) "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
• S: (v) stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir (stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of) "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
• S: (v) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)) "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
• S: (v) make, create (make or cause to be or to become) "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) intimidation [Related to: intimidate] (the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid)
• W: (n) intimidation [Related to: intimidate] (a communication that makes you afraid to try something)
• W: (n) intimidation [Related to: intimidate] (the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something)
• sentence frame
• S: (v) intimidate (to compel or deter by or as if by threats)