Intimidation

//ɪntɪmɪˈdeɪʃən//

Synonyms for "intimidation" (72 found)

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Noun(1 words)
bullying

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Noun(2 words)
determentdeterrence

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Translations

44 translations across 28 languages.

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Arabic

4 entries
  • تَخْوِيف noun (act of making timid or fearful)
  • تَرْهِيب noun (act of making timid or fearful)
  • تَهْدِيد noun (act of making timid or fearful)
  • تَهْوِيل noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • запало́хванне noun (act of making timid or fearful)
  • запу́жванне noun (act of making timid or fearful)
  • застра́шванне noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • запла́шване noun (act of making timid or fearful)
  • спла́шване noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Catalan

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  • intimidació noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 威嚇 /威吓 noun (act of making timid or fearful)
  • 恐嚇 /恐吓 noun (act of making timid or fearful)
  • 脅迫 /胁迫 noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Czech

1 entries
  • zastrašování noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Dutch

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  • intimidatie noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Finnish

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  • pelottelu noun (act of making timid or fearful)
  • uhkailu noun (act of making timid or fearful)

French

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  • intimidation noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Galician

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  • intimidación noun (act of making timid or fearful)

German

1 entries
  • Einschüchterung noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • megfélemlítés noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • intimidasi noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Italian

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  • intimidazione noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 恫喝 noun (act of making timid or fearful)
  • 脅威 noun (act of making timid or fearful)
  • 脅迫 noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • құқай noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Korean

2 entries
  • 위협 noun (act of making timid or fearful)
  • 협박 noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • застрашување noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Polish

1 entries
  • zastraszenie noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • intimidação noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Romanian

1 entries
  • intimidare noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Russian

2 entries
  • запу́гивание noun (act of making timid or fearful)
  • устраше́ние noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • zastrašívānje noun (act of making timid or fearful)
  • застраши́ва̄ње noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Slovak

1 entries
  • zastrašovanie noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Slovene

2 entries
  • ustrahovanje noun (act of making timid or fearful)
  • zastraševanje noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Spanish

1 entries
  • intimidación noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Telugu

1 entries
  • బెదిరింపు noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • заля́кування noun (act of making timid or fearful)
  • застра́шування noun (act of making timid or fearful)

Sample sentences

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A frosty east-west relationship led to a sort of brinkmanship where both NATO and Russia flew military aircraft close to the other side's frontiers or even deliberately made brief incursions into the other side's airspace, either to test air defence capabilities or as part of a pattern of intimidation or coercion.

Source: tatoeba (3854076)

That time, Fadil departed from his usual pattern of intimidation.

Source: tatoeba (5879381)

The reign of terror and intimidation should end in the occupied territories.

Source: tatoeba (6966434)

The new students are forced to submit under actions of degradation and intimidation.

Source: tatoeba (7043464)

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