Meaning
- (verb) To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence “He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.”
- (adjective) Threatening
Letter breakdown
- Intimidating contains 12 letters: 5 vowel(s) and 7 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 5.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 16.
Synonyms
Words from these letters
- initiating
- intimating
- admitting
- imitating
- tainting
- damning
- matting
- minding
- minting
- tinting
- aiding
- aiming
- dating
- dining
- mating
- mining
- naming
- taming
- tiding
- timing
- admin
- admit
- digit
- gamin
- giant
- taint
- timid
- titan
- amid
- anti
- damn
- ding
- dint
- gain
- gait
- gnat
- maid
- main
- matt
- mind
- mini
- mint
- mitt
- tang
- ting
- tint
- aid
- aim
- amt
- and
- ani
- ant
- dam
- dig
- dim
- din
- gad
- gin
- iii
Connected words
Other 12-letter words
- abbreviating
- abbreviation
- abolitionist
- abominations
- abortionists
- abrasiveness
- abridgements
- abstractedly
- abstractions
- abstractness
- abstruseness
- academically
- academicians
- accelerating
- acceleration
- accelerators
- accentuating
- accentuation
Words starting with INT
- int
- intact
- intagli
- intaglio
- intaglios
- intake
- intakes
- intangible
- intangibles
- intangibly
- integer
- integers
- integral
- integrals
- integrate
- integrated
- integrates
- integrating
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Words ending with ING
Reader questions
What does Intimidating mean?
To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence
How many letters are in Intimidating?
Intimidating has 12 letters.
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