intimidating

Instead of being polite and decent, they were rude and intimidating.

The terminal is a black and intimidating hole to a beginner.

I don't know, but the class did have a reputation for being an easy A, so perhaps it was viewed as less intimidating.

It took me a bit of perusing to figure out what the product IS. I think the lead paragraph may need some tweakingIn all, the landing page makes the product feel intimidating.

Learning something new is so intimidating but I really think the best way to do is to just dive right in. Sure, you'll suck at first but that's ok. Eventually you'll get better.

Bugzilla can be intimidating, but don't worry too much about getting every field right.

HN can be an intimidating place because of how seriously exceptional a lot of people around here are.

Exactly, and this is why this random variable was so intimidating.

But the elephant herd of legacy vendors to find your way around is extremely intimidating.

If we are about intimidating the free\n speech of others, we are no better than the anti-gay bullies\n who came before us.\n\nWell said and incisively reasoned, Andrew Sullivan.

You don't know what intimidation is like until you've been on the receiving end of it and a whole class of people your own age telling you you can't do what you came to school for can be pretty intimidating.

What do you do when you realize it's nice to have a big diverse circle of friends sometimes -- for trying to round people up for certain activities, or so you aren't limited to the tastes of your one or two really close friends -- but maintaining that social network is intimidating and draining and you don't know if you're up to it?

Well, not in the offensive sense of "bitch, you better behave or ima smack you", but at least something modern like "honey, when you talk to my employees and act really strange and intimidating around them, it makes things very difficult for me at work".The wife's behavior seems to be the catalyst for nearly all the drama described here.