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intimidating [in'timideitiŋ]

a. 给人以威胁的,咄咄逼人的

intimidating

[ adj ]
discouraging through fear
<adj.all>

Intimidate \In*tim"i*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intimidated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Intimidating}.] [LL. intimidatus, p. p. of
intimidare to frighten; pref. in- in + timidus fearful,
timid: cf. F. intimider. See {Timid}.]
To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to
deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.

Now guilt, once harbored in the conscious breast,
Intimidates the brave, degrades the great. --Johnson.

Syn: To dishearten; dispirit; abash; deter; frighten;
terrify; daunt; cow.

intimidating \intimidating\ adj.
discouraging; inhibiting; deterring. Opposite of
{encouraging}.

Syn: daunting.
[WordNet 1.5]

It could conceivably be that the intimidating presence of Postel may have deterred bidders from making themselves known before.
Earlier Monday, Mecham's lawyer, Fred Craft, accused the state police of intimidating defense witnesses as he moved for a mistrial or dismissal of charges against Mecham.
However, at the request of Boeing lawyers, a federal judge in Wichita issued an injunction limiting the number of pickets at Boeing gates and prohibiting pickets from speaking in an abusive or intimidating manner to employees trying to report for work.
The political and economic chaos that is wracking the Soviet Union could easily yield up a new Stalin capable of intimidating a future disarmed and disorganized western Europe.
"The timing reflects vividly that this is a retaliatory measure aimed at intimidating these and other defense witnesses," said Burstyn.
For a novice angler it's somewhat intimidating, like looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack.
In San Francisco, a federal appeals court Thursday refused to overturn an injunction prohibiting anti-abortion activists in Portland from physically intimidating patrons of a health clinic or yelling loud enough to disrupt business inside.
"Three years ago, this was an intimidating place to be.
Seeing the carrier for the first time can be intimidating, as it looks so tiny from the air.
My boss was intimidating and created a pervasive atmosphere of tension.
The Sandinistas have repeatedly accused the Contras of intimidating and killing Sandinista supporters in the countryside. The Contras have denied it.
Apparently successful in intimidating Kuwait into ending oil overproduction, Iraq has agreed to pull thousands of troops back from the countries' disputed border and negotiate, diplomatic sources say.
I'm 54, and to work with this man that I used to see in movie theaters and giggle at because he was so perfect, it was incredibly intimidating.
A suspect in a convenience store holdup has been charged with intimidating a witness, by means of the one phone call he was allowed from the police station after he was arrested, police said.
More than 100,000 students stayed away from school on Halloween, apparently out of fear; more than 250 high school-age youths were arrested as they roamed the city, robbing, intimidating and assaulting pedestrians and merchants.
The 13-count federal indictment filed Wednesday charges the six with assaulting and intimidating minorities and their friends in Tulsa parks, bars and amusement parks from July 1988 to August 1989.
In addition to robbing the Matewan National Bank branch at Kermit, McCoy was convicted of intimidating federal witnesses and of killing Russell Davis, an accomplice in the robbery, in 1987.
Investigator Paul Palladino, whose San Francisco firm worked for the defense in the John DeLorean cocaine trial, denied threatening or intimidating anyone.
Mr. Haygood's Cheetah III is so clean as to be intimidating.
The two were refused admission to attend the trial last week because, Jackson said, their presence would be "potentially disruptive and very likely intimidating." Barry said his constitutional right to a public trial was being violated.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson barred both, ruling that their presence could be disruptive and intimidating.
"This gaming is going to be run by families," Walsh said. "It's sort of a ma-and-pop operation, and it's very personable and less intimidating.
The guerrilla organization accuses the territory's South African-controlled police force of intimidating its supporters in northern towns and villages where it draws most support.
The arrest of all leaders of the National Civic Crusade was ordered Wednesday night by Panama's attorney general under a law prohibiting "tumultuous meetings" aimed at "intimidating or threatening" others.
Even the watered-down version can be intimidating.
The Times Herald sued first, charging its larger competitor with padding its paid circulation figures and intimidating newspaper distributors.
In the Dallas case, Andrew Francis Flowers pleaded guilty to "threatening and intimidating an unidentified black person."
He was very intimidating, very mysterious and kind of bullying; he treated me like a child."
I know it took them a lot of time to make them." He has performed for almost 50,000 at the Houston Astrodome and says singing for that many people can be intimidating.
JCB's entry also reflects Japan's seemingly inexhaustible financial might, an advantage that some rivals find intimidating.

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