Both Uses of
intimidate
in
1984 by Orwell
- The whole atmosphere of the huge block of flats, the richness and spaciousness of everything, the unfamiliar smells of good food and good tobacco, the silent and incredibly rapid lifts sliding up and down, the white-jacketed servants hurrying to and fro — everything was intimidating.†
p. 168..2
- That too was intimidating.†
p. 168..5 *
Definition:
-
(intimidate) make fearful of inadequacy
or:
threaten