To make afraid; to frighten, alarm, annoy, or scare. To force a person into, or deter them from, some action by inducing fear by, or as if by, threats.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
intimidate (verb)transitive verb
to make timid or fearful - frighten , especially to compel or deter by or as if by threats - tried to intimidate a witness
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
intimidate (verb)to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats
SYNONYMS:
blackjack, bogart, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, cow, hector, mau-mau, strong-armRELATED WORDS:
bluster, trash-talk; affright, alarm ( alarum), frighten, horrify, scare, shock, spook, startle, terrify; menace, terrorize, threaten; badger, harass, hound; bludgeon, coerce, compel, constrain, dragoon, force, make, oblige, press, pressure, push around; demoralize, psych (out), unman, unnerve; discompose, disconcert, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, upsetNEAR ANTONYMS:
cheer, comfort, console, reassure, solace, soothe; embolden, encourage, hearten, steel; convince, persuadefrighten, threaten, bully, cow, daunt