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"
• S: (v) tyrannize, tyrannise, domineer (rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner) "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her"
• 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"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) intimidate (to compel or deter by or as if by threats)