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intimidate
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Marley & Me
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- The timbre of his bark had deepened to an intimidating boom.†
p. 39.7 *intimidating = making fearful
- I began to protest, but she silenced me with that glare of hers-1 suppose the same glare she used to intimidate her dogs into submission—and I slinked off to the sidelines with my tail between my legs, leaving Master Jenny in command.†
p. 60.9
- Before leaving the house, I flipped Marley over on his back, towered over him, and growled in my most intimidating voice, "I'm the boss!†
p. 62.6intimidating = making fearful
- Colleen, being a lover of large animals and not intimidated by saliva showers, gave him plenty, dropping to her knees to wrestle with him.†
p. 150.7intimidated = fearful or threatened
- Marley had never been in a fight in his life and was so much bigger than most other dogs that he had never been intimidated by a challenge, either.†
p. 200.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(intimidate) to cause fear, nervousness, or a sense of inadequacy
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)