adj
Meaning 1
Threatening, producing feelings of fear or timidity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
intimidating
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verb
Meaning 2
present participle and gerund of intimidate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
discouraging through fear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: daunting
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Central Bikol: makataha — threatening
- Bulgarian: заплаши́телен (zaplašítelen) — threatening
- Bulgarian: закани́телен (zakanítelen) — threatening
- Catalan: intimidatori — threatening
- Danish: truende — threatening
- Danish: trusselfuld — threatening
- Finnish: pelottava — threatening
- Finnish: uhkaava — threatening
- French: intimidant — threatening
- German: einschüchternd — threatening
- Greek: απειλητικός (apeilitikós) — threatening
- Norwegian Nynorsk: truande — threatening
- Portuguese: intimidador — threatening
- Russian: пугающий (pugajuščij) — threatening
- Slovene: pretèč — threatening
- Spanish: intimidante — threatening
- Swedish: skrämmande — threatening
- Swedish: respektingivande — threatening
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