intimidation
1. the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something (Freq. 2) • Syn: bullying • Derivationally related forms: intimidate • Hypernyms: aggression • Hyponyms: terrorization, terrorisation, frightening 2. the feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc. • Hypernyms: discouragement, disheartenment, dismay 3. the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid • Derivationally related forms: intimidate • Hypernyms: fear, fearfulness, fright 4. a communication that makes you afraid to try something • Syn: determent, deterrence • Derivationally related forms: intimidate, deter (for: deterrence), deter (for: determent) • Hypernyms: discouragement
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