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intimidated - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: intimidated
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: frightened
Synonyms: afraid, terrified, browbeaten, bullied, cowed, daunted
Main Entry: intimidate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: frighten, threaten
Synonyms: alarm, appall, awe, badger, bait, bludgeon, bluster, bowl over*, browbeat*, buffalo, bulldoze*, bully, chill, coerce, compel, constrain, cow*, daunt, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, disquiet, dragoon, enforce, force, hound*, lean on, oblige, overawe, push around, ride*, ruffle, scare, showboat, spook, strong-arm, subdue, terrify, terrorize, twist someone's arm
Antonyms: assist, encourage, help
Main Entry: fainthearted
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: timid
Synonyms: afraid, cowardly, fearful, frightened, gutless, intimidated, lily-livered*, meek, mousy, spineless, weak, yellow*, cowed, cowering, having cold feet, unassertive, wimpy
Main Entry: hangdog
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: shamefaced
Synonyms: ashamed, conscience-stricken, defeated, downcast, guilty, intimidated, sheepish, wretched, browbeaten, cowering
Main Entry: timid
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: shy
Synonyms: afraid, ambivalent, apprehensive, bashful, capricious, cowardly, coy, demure, diffident, fainthearted, fearful, feeble, frightened, gentle, humble, intimidated, irresolute, modest, mousy, nervous, pusillanimous, retiring, shaky, shrinking, soft, spineless, spiritless, submissive, timid, timorous, vacillating, wavering, weak, yellow*, badgered, browbeaten, bullied, cowed, cowering, daunted, having cold feet, milquetoast, trembling, unassertive, unassured, unnerved
Notes: timid is used of a person's character or disposition; timorous is used of a person's action or behavior
Antonyms: bold, brave, daring, extroverted, fearless
Main Entry: henpecked
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dominated by one's wife
Synonyms: acquiescent, browbeaten, compliant, constrained, docile, dominated, in fear of one's wife, intimidated, led by the nose, meek, nagged, obedient, passive, resigned, subjected to nagging, submissive, timid, unassertive, under one's thumb, unresisting, wife-ridden, yielding
Main Entry: afraid
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: fearful
Synonyms: abashed, aghast, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, blanched, cowardly, discouraged, distressed, disturbed, frightened, frozen, horrified, intimidated, nervous, panic-stricken, perplexed, perturbed, petrified, scared, shocked, startled, stunned, suspicious, terrified, timid, timorous, upset, worried, aroused, cowed, daunted, disheartened, dismayed, faint-hearted, have cold feet, in awe, rattled, run scared, scared stiff, scared to death, spooked, terror-stricken, trembling
Antonyms: bold, brave, composed, confident, cool, courageous, fearless, heroic, intrepid, unafraid, undaunted, valiant
Main Entry: fearful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: alarmed, apprehensive
Synonyms: afraid, aghast, agitated, anxious, chicken, diffident, disturbed, fainthearted, frightened, hesitant, intimidated, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered*, mousy, nerveless, nervous, nervy, perturbed, phobic, pusillanimous, scared, shaky, sheepish*, shrinking, shy, skittish, solicitous, spineless, tense, timid, timorous, tremulous, uneasy, unmanly, worried, yellow*, aflutter, chickenhearted, discomposed, disquieted, goose-bumpy, have cold feet, in a dither, panicky, quivery, rabbity, running scared, weak-kneed
Antonyms: bold, brave, courageous, unafraid, inapprehensive, unfearful
Main Entry: appall/appal
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: horrify
Synonyms: alarm, amaze, astound, awe, daunt, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, faze, frighten, insult, intimidate, outrage, petrify, scare, shake, shock, terrify, throw, unnerve, consternate, get to*, gross out
Antonyms: comfort, encourage, reassure, satisfy
Main Entry: awe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: amaze
Synonyms: alarm, appall, astonish, cow*, daunt, dazzle, flabbergast, frighten, grandstand, horrify, impress, intimidate, scare, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, terrify, blow away, hotdog, knock socks off, overawe, showboat
Antonyms: expect
Main Entry: browbeat
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: castigate, nag
Synonyms: badger, bludgeon, bluster, bulldoze*, bully, coerce, cow, domineer, frighten, harass, hector, intimidate, oppress, threaten, tyrannize, despotize, dragoon, lean on, lord it over, overawe, overbear, put heat on, put the chill on, put through the wringer
Antonyms: boost, coax, compliment, praise
Main Entry: coerce
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: compel, press
Synonyms: beset, browbeat, bulldoze*, bully, concuss, constrain, cow, dragoon, drive, force, high pressure, hinder, impel, intimidate, lean on, make, make an offer they can't refuse, menace, oblige, pressurize, push, put the squeeze on, repress, restrict, shotgun, strong-arm, suppress, terrorize, threaten, twist one's arm, urge
Antonyms: leave alone
Main Entry: daunt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: frighten, alarm
Synonyms: appall, baffle, browbeat, bully, cow, deter, discourage, dishearten, dismay, foil, horrify, intimidate, put off*, scare, shake, subdue, terrify, thwart, consternate, dispirit, overawe
Antonyms: aid, assist, embolden, encourage, hearten, help, incite, stimulate, urge, inspirit, undaunt
Main Entry: deter
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: check, inhibit from action
Synonyms: avert, block, caution, chill, cool, damp, dampen, daunt, debar, discourage, dissuade, divert, forestall, frighten, hinder, impede, intimidate, obstruct, obviate, preclude, prevent, prohibit, put off, restrain, rule out, scare, shut out, stave off, stop, turn off, warn, act like a wet blanket, disadvise, forfend, put a damper on, talk out of, throw cold water on
Antonyms: encourage, instigate, persuade, promote, stimulate, support, turn on, urge, put on to
Main Entry: discourage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dishearten, dispirit
Synonyms: abash, afflict, alarm, appall, awe, beat down, bother, break one's heart, bully, cast down, chill, confuse, cow, dampen, dash, daunt, deject, demoralize, deprecate, depress, dismay, disparage, distress, droop, frighten, intimidate, irk, overawe, prostrate, repress, scare, throw cold water on, trouble, try, unnerve, vex, weigh
Antonyms: encourage, hearten, inspire, inspirit
Main Entry: domineer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: oppress; assume authority
Synonyms: be in the saddle, bend, bluster, boss around*, browbeat, bulldoze*, bully*, call the shots*, dominate, hector, henpeck*, in the driver's seat, intimidate, keep under thumb, kick around*, lead by the nose, menace, overbear, predominate, preponderate, prevail, push the buttons, reign, rule, rule the roost*, run the show, run things, swagger, threaten, throw weight around, tyrannize
Antonyms: follow, submit, surrender, yield
Main Entry: frighten
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: shock, scare
Synonyms: affright, agitate, alarm, appall, astound, awe, browbeat*, bulldoze*, chill, cow, daunt, demoralize, deter, discomfort, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, dismay, disquiet, faze, horrify, intimidate, panic, perturb, petrify, repel, spook, startle, stiff, terrify, terrorize, unhinge*, unnerve, chill to the bone, curdle the blood, disburb, make blood run cold, make teeth chatter, scare away, scare off, scare to death, strike terror into
Antonyms: calm, comfort, exhilarate, gladden
Main Entry: fulminate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: criticize harshly
Synonyms: berate, blow up, bluster, castigate, censure, condemn, curse, declaim, denounce, execrate, explode, fume, intimidate, menace, protest, rage, rail, reprobate, thunder, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, animadvert, denunciate, inveigh against, swear at
Antonyms: compliment, defend, flatter, praise, support
Main Entry: harass
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: badger
Synonyms: annoy, attack, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, bug*, bullyrag*, burn*, despoil, devil*, distress, disturb, eat*, exasperate, exhaust, fatigue, foray, get to*, give a bad time, give a hard time, gnaw*, harry, hassle, heckle, hound*, intimidate, irk, irritate, jerk around, macerate, maraud, noodge, pain*, perplex, persecute, pester, plague, raid, rattle one's cage, ride, strain, stress, tease, tire, torment, trouble, try, vex, weary, work on, worry
Antonyms: aid, assist, facilitate, help, support
Main Entry: henpeck
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: nag
Synonyms: badger, berate, bother, bug*, bully, carp, fuss, harass, hector, hound, intimidate, irritate, needle, pester, pick on*, ride, scold, torment, give a hard time
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