Intimacy vs Intimidate - What's the difference?
intimacy | intimidate |
feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, not necessarily involving sexuality
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To make timid or fearful; to inspire or affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.
To impress, amaze, excite or induce extraordinary affection in others toward oneself.
As a noun intimacy
is feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, not necessarily involving sexuality.As a verb intimidate is
to make timid or fearful; to inspire or affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.intimacy
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Noun
(wikipedia intimacy) (intimacies)citation, page= , passage=The Conan O’Brien-penned half-hour has the capacity to rip our collective hearts out the way the cute, funny bad girl next door does to Bart when she reveals that her new boyfriend is Jimbo Jones, but the show keeps shying away from genuine emotion in favor of jokes that, while overwhelmingly funny, detract from the poignancy and the emotional intimacy of the episode.}}
Antonyms
* solitudeintimidate
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Verb
(intimidat)- He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.