'Intimidating' definitions:
Definition of 'intimidating'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Discouraging through fear [syn: daunting, intimidating]
Definition of 'Intimidating'
From: GCIDE
- Intimidate \In*tim"i*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intimidated; p. pr. & vb. n. Intimidating.] [LL. intimidatus, p. p. of intimidare to frighten; pref. in- in + timidus fearful, timid: cf. F. intimider. See Timid.] To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash. [1913 Webster]
- Now guilt, once harbored in the conscious breast, Intimidates the brave, degrades the great. --Johnson.
- Syn: To dishearten; dispirit; abash; deter; frighten; terrify; daunt; cow. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'intimidating'
From: GCIDE
- intimidating \intimidating\ adj. discouraging; inhibiting; deterring. Opposite of encouraging.
- Syn: daunting. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'intimidating'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abusive,
- admonitory,
- bludgeoning,
- blustering,
- browbeating,
- bulldozing,
- bullying,
- cautionary,
- comminatory,
- denunciatory,
- deterrent,
- discouraging,
- disinclining,
- dissuading,
- dissuasive,
- expostulatory,
- fear-inspiring,
- foreboding,
- hectoring,
- imminent,
- lowering,
- menacing,
- minacious,
- minatory,
- monitory,
- ominous,
- terroristic,
- terrorizing,
- threatening,
- threatful