Intimidate vs Terrorise - What's the difference?
intimidate | terrorise |
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.
To inflict someone with terror; to terrify.
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To coerce (someone) by using threats or violence.
In transitive terms the difference between intimidate and terrorise
is that intimidate is to impress, amaze, excite or induce extraordinary affection in others toward oneself while terrorise is to coerce (someone) by using threats or violence.intimidate
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Verb
(intimidat)- He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.
Synonyms
* dishearten * abash * dauntReferences
* *terrorise
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Alternative forms
* terrorizeVerb
(terroris)- Though unusual in the Dublin area he knew that it was not by any means unknown for desperadoes who had next to nothing to live on to be abroad waylaying and generally terrorising peaceable pedestrians by placing a pistol at their head…