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Definition of "intimidating" []

  • Present participle of intimidate. (verb)
  • Threatening (adjective)

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Use "intimidating" in a sentence
  • "The openness of the personal computer has been a wonderful thing, but it has come at the very high price of products that are horribly complex and that remain intimidating even while they have become ubiquitous."
  • "O'Shea: You have done semi-autobiographical work before, but how ambitious and/or intimidating is it to attempt "speculative memoir" (as you describe it in that recent Huffington Post piece)?"
  • "New Zealand defender Maia Jackman said the U.S. women were intimidating from the outset."