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intimidated

UK/ɪnˈtɪm.ɪ.deɪ.tɪd/US/ɪnˈtɪm.ə.deɪ.tɪd/

intimidated is the simple past and past participle of intimidate.

Meaning of intimidate

Verb

intimidate (third-person singular simple present intimidates, present participle intimidating, simple past and past participle intimidated)

  1. (transitive) To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence.
    • He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.

Adjective

intimidated (comparative more intimidated, superlative most intimidated)

  1. Subjected to intimidation.

Forms of intimidated

comparativemore intimidated
superlativemost intimidated

Words formed from intimidated

Questions about intimidated

What does intimidated mean?
Intimidated means subjected to intimidation.
What is intimidated the simple past and past participle of?
Intimidated is the simple past and past participle of intimidate.
What part of speech is intimidated?
Intimidated is an adjective.
How do you pronounce intimidated?
Intimidated is pronounced /ɪnˈtɪm.ɪ.deɪ.tɪd/ (UK).

Words near intimidated in the dictionary

  1. intimatopic
  2. intimator
  3. intimators
  4. intime
  5. intimidate
  6. intimidated
  7. intimidates
  8. intimidating
  9. intimidatingly
  10. intimidation
  11. intimidations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: intimidated (page history and authors); intimidate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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