"intimidating" meaning in English

See intimidating in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more intimidating [comparative], most intimidating [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} intimidating (comparative more intimidating, superlative most intimidating)
  1. Threatening, producing feelings of fear or timidity. Derived forms: intimidatingly Translations (threatening): makataha (Bikol Central), pelottava (Finnish), uhkaava (Finnish), intimidant (French), einschüchternd (German), απειλητικός (apeilitikós) (Greek), truande (Norwegian Nynorsk), пугающий (pugajuščij) (Russian), skrämmande (Swedish), respektingivande (Swedish)
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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} intimidating
  1. present participle and gerund of intimidate Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: intimidate
    Sense id: en-intimidating-en-verb-Bblxr~gU
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          "sense": "threatening",
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          "roman": "apeilitikós",
          "sense": "threatening",
          "word": "απειλητικός"
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          "sense": "threatening",
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          "sense": "threatening",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "threatening",
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      "sense": "threatening",
      "word": "intimidant"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "threatening",
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      "sense": "threatening",
      "word": "απειλητικός"
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      "sense": "threatening",
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      "sense": "threatening",
      "word": "skrämmande"
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