Intimidate

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/ɪntˈɪmɪdeɪt/ · इन्टिमिडेट

Meaning

To threaten someone, usually in order to make them do something they do not wish to do

हिंदी अर्थ

डराकर काम कराना

Example sentences

Nobody should intimidate a witness.

A long syllabus intimidates only in the first week.

Daily use: Gawah ko intimidate mat karo.

Word forms

Intimidation nIntimidate vIntimidating adj

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Memory trick · Prashant Sir

Timid यानी डरपोक। Intimidate यानी किसी को timid बना देना — डरा-धमकाकर उससे वह काम कराना जो वह नहीं करना चाहता।

TIMID means fearful. To INTIMIDATE is to make someone timid: to frighten or threaten a person so that he does what he does not wish to do.

Exam note

Intimidate के synonym coerce, browbeat, bully, threaten हैं; reassure, encourage antonym। Intimate (सूचित करना) से न उलझिए।

Coerce, browbeat, bully and threaten are its synonyms; reassure and encourage are its antonyms. Do not mix it with intimate (to make known).

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