It's no use trying to intimidate me.
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Intimidate
//ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt//
Synonyms for "intimidate" (148 found)
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106 translations across 49 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐκφοβέω verb (to make timid or fearful)
Arabic
4 entries- أَخَافَ verb (to make timid or fearful)
- أَرْعَبَ verb (to make timid or fearful)
- أَرْهَبَ verb (to make timid or fearful)
- خَوَّفَ verb (to make timid or fearful)
Armenian
1 entries- վախեցնել verb (to make timid or fearful)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- qorxutmaq verb (to make timid or fearful)
- qorxuya salmaq verb (to make timid or fearful)
- qorxuzmaq verb (to make timid or fearful)
- vəhmələndirmək verb (to make timid or fearful)
Belarusian
4 entries- запало́хваць verb (to make timid or fearful)
- застра́шваць verb (to make timid or fearful)
- застрашы́ць verb (to make timid or fearful)
- пало́хаць verb (to make timid or fearful)
Bulgarian
4 entries- изпла́ша verb (to make timid or fearful)
- изпла́швам verb (to make timid or fearful)
- пла́ша verb (to make timid or fearful)
- спла́ша verb (to make timid or fearful)
Catalan
1 entries- intimidar verb (to make timid or fearful)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 威脅 /威胁 verb (to make timid or fearful)
- 恐嚇 /恐吓 verb (to make timid or fearful)
Czech
2 entries- zastrašit verb (to make timid or fearful)
- zastrašovat verb (to make timid or fearful)
Danish
1 entries- skræmme verb (to make timid or fearful)
Dutch
2 entries- inschuchteren verb (to make timid or fearful)
- intimideren verb (to make timid or fearful)
Esperanto
1 entries- timigi verb (to make timid or fearful)
Estonian
2 entries- heidutama verb (to make timid or fearful)
- hirmutama verb (to make timid or fearful)
Finnish
2 entries- pelotella verb (to make timid or fearful)
- uhkailla verb (to make timid or fearful)
French
1 entries- intimider verb (to make timid or fearful)
Galician
1 entries- intimidar verb (to make timid or fearful)
Georgian
1 entries- დაშინება verb (to make timid or fearful)
German
1 entries- einschüchtern verb (to make timid or fearful)
Greek
1 entries- εκφοβίζω verb (to make timid or fearful)
Hebrew
2 entries- איים verb (to make timid or fearful)
- הפחיד verb (to make timid or fearful)
Hindi
1 entries- धमकाना verb (to make timid or fearful)
Hungarian
1 entries- megfélemlít verb (to make timid or fearful)
Ido
1 entries- timidigar verb (to make timid or fearful)
Italian
1 entries- intimidire verb (to make timid or fearful)
Japanese
2 entries- 威嚇する verb (to make timid or fearful)
- 脅す verb (to make timid or fearful)
Khmer
1 entries- បំភ័យ verb (to make timid or fearful)
Korean
2 entries- 위협하다 verb (to make timid or fearful)
- 협박하다 verb (to make timid or fearful)
Lithuanian
1 entries- įbauginti verb (to make timid or fearful)
Macedonian
4 entries- заплаши verb (to make timid or fearful)
- заплашува verb (to make timid or fearful)
- застраши verb (to make timid or fearful)
- застрашува verb (to make timid or fearful)
Mongolian
1 entries- айлгах verb (to make timid or fearful)
Māori
3 entries- kapatau verb (to make timid or fearful)
- whakahakahaka verb (to make timid or fearful)
- whakaweti verb (to make timid or fearful)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- skremme verb (to make timid or fearful)
Occitan
1 entries- intimidar verb (to make timid or fearful)
Polish
2 entries- zastraszać verb (to make timid or fearful)
- zastraszyć verb (to make timid or fearful)
Portuguese
2 entries- amedrontar verb (to make timid or fearful)
- intimidar verb (to make timid or fearful)
Romanian
1 entries- intimida verb (to make timid or fearful)
Russian
4 entries- запу́гивать verb (to make timid or fearful)
- запуга́ть verb (to make timid or fearful)
- испуга́ть verb (to make timid or fearful)
- пуга́ть verb (to make timid or fearful)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- zastrašívati verb (to make timid or fearful)
- zàstrašiti verb (to make timid or fearful)
- за̀страшити verb (to make timid or fearful)
- застраши́вати verb (to make timid or fearful)
Slovak
2 entries- zastrašiť verb (to make timid or fearful)
- zastrašovať verb (to make timid or fearful)
Slovene
2 entries- zastraševati verb (to make timid or fearful)
- zastrašiti verb (to make timid or fearful)
Spanish
2 entries- amedrentar verb (to make timid or fearful)
- intimidar verb (to make timid or fearful)
Swedish
1 entries- skrämma verb (to make timid or fearful)
Telugu
2 entries- బెదిరించు verb (to make timid or fearful)
- భయపెట్టు verb (to make timid or fearful)
Thai
2 entries- ขู่ verb (to make timid or fearful)
- ข่มขู่ verb (to make timid or fearful)
Turkish
2 entries- sindirmek verb (to make timid or fearful)
- yıldırmak verb (to make timid or fearful)
Ukrainian
4 entries- заля́кувати verb (to make timid or fearful)
- заляка́ти verb (to make timid or fearful)
- застраши́ти verb (to make timid or fearful)
- ляка́ти verb (to make timid or fearful)
Urdu
1 entries- دھمکانا verb (to make timid or fearful)
Vietnamese
3 entries- dọa nạt verb (to make timid or fearful)
- hăm dọa verb (to make timid or fearful)
- trộ verb (to make timid or fearful)
Zazaki
2 entries- tersanen verb (to make timid or fearful)
- xof kerden verb (to make timid or fearful)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
You can't intimidate us.
Source: tatoeba (1951975)
You intimidate Tom.
Source: tatoeba (2240359)
Don't try to intimidate me.
Source: tatoeba (2270541)
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