Intimidation

Noun CEFR C1

ɪntɪmɪˈdeɪʃən

Definitions

The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolintimidación

Françaisintimidation

DeutschEinschüchterung

23 more languages

العربيةإفزاع التخويف تخويفترهيب تهديد تَهْوِيل

Българскизаплашване

Catalàintimidació

Češtinazastrašování

Suomipelottelu pelotus uhkailu

हिन्दीउत्पीड़न डरावा दहशत

Magyarmegfélemlítés

Bahasa Indonesiaintimidasi

Italianointimidazione

日本語凄み恐喝恫喝脅喝脅威脅迫

Қазақ тіліқұқай

한국어겁박 위협 협박

Македонскизастрашување

Nederlandsintimidatie

Polskizastraszenie

Portuguêsintimidação

Românăintimidare

Русскийзапугивание устрашение

Slovenčinazastrašovanie

Svenskaskrämsel

Türkçegözdağı

Українськазаля́кування

Tiếng Việtdoạ dẫm

Examples

“It broadly includes all the people with specific recognition for none, and the highest consecration we can make ⟳ today is a committal of the Republican party to that saving constitutionalism which contemplates all America as one people and holds just government free from influence ⟳ on the one hand, and unmoved by intimidation on the other.”

CEFR level

C1

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

intimidator intimin intimism intimist intinction intine

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