intimidation
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intimidation
- /ɪntɪmɪˈdeɪʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From intimidate + -ion. Compare French intimidation; perhaps modeled on it.
noun intimidations
- The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated. It broadly includes all the people with specific recognition for none, and the highest consecration we can make today is a committal of the Republican party to that saving constitutionalism which contemplates all America as one people and holds just government free from influence on the one hand, an
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bullying, determent, deterrence, terror, fear, scare, threatening, harassment, threat, menace, bully, deterrent, duress, compulsion, coercive, coercion
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noun act of making timid or fearful
| Español | intimidación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 협박 hyeopbak, 위협 wihyeop |
| 日本語 | 脅迫 kyōhaku, 脅威 kyōi, 恫喝 dōkatsu |
| 中文 | 恐嚇 /恐吓 kǒnghè, 威嚇 /威吓 wēihè, 脅迫 /胁迫 xiépò |
| Português | intimidação |
| Français | intimidation |
| Deutsch | Einschüchterung |
| Italiano | intimidazione |
| Română | intimidare |
| Русский | запу́гивание zapúgivanije, устраше́ние ustrašénije |
| العربية | تَرْهِيب tarhīb, تَخْوِيف taḵwīf, تَهْوِيل tahwīl, تَهْدِيد tahdīd |
Talk about this word "intimidation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/intimidation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. intimidation. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/intimidation "intimidation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/intimidation.Cite this
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title = {intimidation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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