intimidated

[in-tim-i-dey-tid]

adjective

1. made afraid; frightened, especially by the threats or aggression of another.

   The policy, which applies to all police officers, spells out special measures to identify and protect vulnerable and intimidated witnesses.

2. timid or anxious, especially at the prospect of difficulty or risk; daunted.

   Even after the intensive six-week workshop we all attended, I felt somewhat intimidated given the scope of the task before me.

3. overawed or cowed, as through force of personality or by superior display of wealth, talent, rank, etc..

   I am not from a posh background, and felt very intimidated being in the House of Lords at Westminster.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of intimidate.

Other Word Forms

• unintimidated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of intimidated¹

intimidate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

She described feeling "scared, intimidated and threatened", and she and her team hid in a university building to get away from them.

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She has to go to some dark places, channeling Claire’s depression, addiction to painkillers and more — but despite her penchant for playing more carefree women, Hudson says she wasn’t intimidated by the role’s meatier aspects.

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"They arrive trembling, too intimidated even to speak," one medic says.

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It’s dodging Autumn’s strikes easily enough, but something about her must have intimidated it.

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By now I had learned that while some students found math easy, many students felt intimidated by it.

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