What is another word for intimidated ?

Feeling fear or apprehension

in fear and trepidation

frightened out of your wits

with your heart in your mouth

scared out of your wits

frightened to death

irresolute

funky

quaking

shaking in one's shoes

paralysed with fear^UK

in a flap

paralyzed with fear^US

in a state of agitation

in a twitter

like a cat on a hot tin roof

like a cat on hot bricks

pushing the panic button

having butterflies in the stomach

tearing one's hair out

having a funny feeling

with one's stomach in knots

at the end of your tether

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“With Will, it's so easy not to feel intimidated because he puts you at ease.”

Adjective

Having lost confidence or hope

lacking in confidence

lacking in enthusiasm

gray^US

sombre^UK

somber^US

grey^UK

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Adjective

tied to someone's apron strings

Intimidated or overwhelmed by an overbearing significant other

in fear of one's partner

subjected to nagging

without a mind of one's own

tyrannized^US

tyrannised^UK

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Adjective

Having a dejected or guilty appearance

sombre^UK

somber^US

with one's tail between one's legs

agonized^US

agonised^UK

in sackcloth and ashes

humourless^UK

humorless^US

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

unable to be consoled

unable to be comforted

dirge-like

torn-up

have the blahs

beside oneself with grief

ill-humored^US

gray^US

grey^UK

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

unfavorable^US

traumatized^US

traumatised^UK

wintry^US

wintery^UK

given to looking on the black side

looking on the black side

snivelling^UK

at the end of your tether

meagre^UK

meager^US

baulked^UK

balked^US

sniveling^US

on the verge of tears

lacking in confidence

lacking in enthusiasm

with tears in your eyes

hurtful

nasty

in a stew

racked with suffering

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Adjective

unable to believe your eyes

Filled with surprise and wonder

marveling^US

marvelling^UK

filled with amazement

filled with astonishment

caught on the hop

caught on the wrong foot

unable to believe one's ears

mesmerized^US

mesmerised^UK

bedevilled^UK

had their heads messed with

bedeviled^US

made to scratch their head

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

caused to be at a stand

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Verb

To have frightened or caused fear

gave someone the heebie-jeebies

scared the bejesus out of

put the fear of God into

scared the living daylights out of

made one's hair stand on end

scared someone out of their wits

unsettled

worried

chilled

shaken

shook

psyched out

made one's blood run cold

frightened the living daylights out of

scared off

made one's flesh creep

scared the hell out of

scared the life out of

made someone jump out of their skin

frightened the life out of

sent into a cold sweat

made someone shake in their shoes

frightened someone out of their wits

thrown into a blue funk

threw into a blue funk

got the wind up

chilled to the bone

scared the pants off of

put into a flap

frightened out of your wits

filled with terror

browbeaten

gave someone goose pimples

given someone goose pimples

traumatized^US

paralyzed^US

paralysed^UK

flummoxed

muddled

made fearful

made someone's hair stand on end

given someone the heebie-jeebies

chilled to the marrow

thrown into a fright

surprised

threw into a fright

pulled the rug out from under

made waves

made worried

inspired panic in

caused someone to lose their composure

paralysed with fear

blinded

knocked for a loop

made someone jump out of his skin

frozen your blood

unstrung

traumatised^UK

scared someone half to death

destabilised^UK

scared the daylights out of

knocked props out

froze your blood

frightened off

pulled the rug from under

given someone a fright

gave someone a fright

knocked the stuffing out of

put someone off their stroke

stopped someone in their tracks

put out of countenance

dashed

knocked out

put someone off their stride

exercised

desolated

disoriented

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

setted someone back on their heels

made someone scratch their head

jumbled

boggled the mind

upset the applecart

caused to be at a stand

took your breath away

hit for six

put one away

gave someone the blues

dishevelled^UK

disheveled^US

agonized^US

spoiled^US

spoilt^UK

agonised^UK

setted someone thinking

made punchy

rattled one's cage

broke someone's heart

cut short

hurt somebody's feelings

made gloomy

knocked over with feather

brought tears to your eyes

hung over

put a damper on

swept someone off their feet

hit like ton of bricks

scandalized^US

knocked the wind out of

balked^US

antagonized^US

baulked^UK

antagonised^UK

scandalised^UK

messed with one's head

tantalised^UK

tantalized^US

raised someone's eyebrows

inconvenienced

took the wind out of your sails

completely surprised

shook out of your complacency

threw a monkey wrench in the works of

caused confusion in

interfered with

threw a spanner in the works

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

harshed someone's mellow

filled with consternation

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Verb

brought pressure to bear on

To have convinced or manipulated

counseled^US

counselled^UK

pressurized^US

twisted someone's arm

brought round

coloured^UK

suborned

turned

brought pressure to bear upon

carried weight with

cut any ice with

made yourself felt with

touched

colored^US

pressurised^UK

put someone up to something

gotten

gat

predisposed

biassed^UK

biased^US

maneuvered^US

manoeuvred^UK

reasoned someone into

advanced

coaxed into

caused to believe

turned somebody on to

pressured someone into

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Verb

To have caused someone to do something, usually against their inclinations

pressurized^US

pressurised^UK

used strong-arm tactics on

tyrannized^US

tyrannised^UK

put under an obligation

brought pressure to bear on

twisted someone's arm

put the heat on

turned on the heat

put the frighteners on

put through the wringer

breathed down someone's neck

scared the bejesus out of

psyched out

tightened the screws on

ridden roughshod over

criticized^US

cavilled^UK

caviled^US

antagonized^US

made it hot for someone

dragooned into

made things hot for someone

criticised^UK

made an offer they can't refuse

ruffled

held a gun to one's head

tightened the screw on

lorded it over

blinded someone with something

antagonised^UK

had someone do something

took your breath away

taken your breath away

galvanized^US

galvanised^UK

authorised^UK

lumbered someone with

authorized^US

volunteered someone unwittingly

behooved^US

left no choice but to

behoved^UK

brought force to bear on

applied

gave orders to

fired the imagination of

burdened someone with

left someone no option but to

brought pressure to bear upon

left someone no option

brought pressure upon

fired the enthusiasm of

told someone to volunteer

thrown your weight around

threw your weight around

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“I attempted to reason the case with him, but he would hear no arguments except his own, and even tried to intimidate me with threats.”

Verb

Past tense for to rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly

domineered

dominated

tyrannised^UK

tyrannized^US

pressurised^UK

pressurized^US

used strong-arm tactics on

ridden roughshod over

ruled with an iron hand

led by the nose

pushed the buttons

threw your weight around

thrown your weight around

ruled with a rod of iron

brought someone to their knees

brutalized^US

brutalised^UK

monopolized^US

monopolised^UK

exercised control over

gained ascendancy over

ruled the roost in

played first fiddle

rendered incapable

played the heavy with

had the whip hand over

had the upper hand in

had someone under your thumb

ruled over

treated brutally

had one's way

had the upper hand over

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Verb

put someone off their stroke

Past tense for to annoy or irritate

put into a flap

threw into a tizz

thrown into a tizz

caused someone to lose their composure

bedevilled^UK

deviled

bedeviled^US

picked on

beat

made things hot for someone

made it hot for someone

sticked the knife into

antagonized^US

put someone's nose out of joint

antagonised^UK

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

rubbed up the wrong way

hurt somebody's feelings

gotten on one's nerves

rubbed you up the wrong way

set someone's teeth on edge

given someone the hump

gave someone the hump

got on your nerves

gotten on your nerves

got under your skin

gotten under your skin

driven round the twist

drove round the twist

made an enemy of somebody

made somebody's hackles rise

got your back up

gotten your back up

discomforted

driven to distraction

drove to distraction

drove you up the wall

driven you up the wall

ruffled one's feathers

gave someone the pip

given someone the pip

disgusted

drove round the bend

driven round the bend

scandalized^US

scandalised^UK

gotten on the wrong side of

got on the wrong side of

gotten your hackles up

drove bananas

gave offence to

given offence to

trod on someone's toes

trodden on someone's toes

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Verb

Past tense for to subject to aggressive pressure or harassment

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gave someone a backhander

Past tense for to influence someone (usually dishonestly) in return for money

gave an inducement to

given an inducement to

got to

gotten to

given someone a backhander

gave someone a sweetener

given someone a sweetener

maneuvered^US

given a backhander to

manoeuvred^UK

sweetened the pot with

prearranged the result of

pulled strings

preordered

framed

predetermined the result of

precontrived

preplanned

predesigned

arranged fraudulently

massaged

stacked the deck

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Verb

looked straight in the eye

Past tense for to disconcert someone with an unblinking face-to-face confrontation

come face to face with

came face to face with

met head on

met eyeball-to-eyeball

hung tough

stuck fast

faced with

persevered in the face of

held the line against

called someone's bluff

gone the distance against

stepped over the line

treated with contempt

sat and took it

knocked chip off shoulder

grinned and bear

made a stand

hung on

went the distance against

taken the bull by the horns

bit the bullet

took the bull by the horns

thrown down the gauntlet

threw down the gauntlet

taken a stand against

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Verb

Past tense for to obtain something from an unwilling person

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Past tense for express vehement protest

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