Used in a Sentence

intimidated

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for intimidated.

Editorial note

Black voters and the political candidates who attempted to rally them were intimidated, and some were murdered.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Subjected to intimidation.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of intimidated gathered in one view.

adjective

Subjected to intimidation.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for intimidated.

Example sentences

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Black voters and the political candidates who attempted to rally them were intimidated, and some were murdered.

2

Should disrespectful people be intimidated, arrested, injured or killed because they're not respectful, obedient citizens like you?

3

The idea that any of those leaders would have been intimidated by or felt insecure around Varoufakis is laughable.

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Don't be intimidated if you find people who have been doing the art you take for years.

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Even so he did not even try because he was intimidated by the prospect of working so hard for so long.

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Garages expect men to be more knowledgeable about car repair and less likely to be intimidated about going for another quote.

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He then essentially intimidated parliament to grant him dictatorial powers in the Enabling Act.

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But don't underestimate the power of mobile for those previously intimidated by computers.

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A Harvard degree suggests 3 good qualities in a founder: at least medium-smart, fairly ambitious, and won't be intimidated by VCs with Stanford degrees.

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Say a neural network that reads a person's body language and determines how easily they can be intimidated by either a criminal or the government.

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The author trots out uncritically the entire corpus of Romantic twaddle, swathed in sufficient technical language that most poeple will feel too intimidated to challenge it.

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> A lot of people are intimidated just looking at instructions like that, and will just give up.

Quote examples

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You may feel less intimidated by "Clojure for the Brave and True." The landing page features a rodent with an eye patch and a sword.

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Thus, we end up with the entrenched (but increasingly wrong) idea that people have to be intimidated into working, or they'll shirk: "Theory X", in management parlance.

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I'm pretty sure the "telling her manager to fuck off" comment was a reference to refusing to be illegally intimidated over salary information sharing.

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Like zippers, I'm sure it's another case of "If you understand it, it's really useful." The point is, you don't necessarily need it to get the job done, and you certainly don't need to be intimidated about it or feel obligated to learn it right off.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use intimidated in a sentence?

Black voters and the political candidates who attempted to rally them were intimidated, and some were murdered.

What does intimidated mean?

Subjected to intimidation.

What part of speech is intimidated?

intimidated is commonly used as adjective.