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. 168.2intimidating = making fearful
- That too was intimidating.†
p. 168.5 *
Definition:
to cause fear, nervousness, or a sense of inadequacy