intimidatory

/ɪntɪmɪˈdeɪtəɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

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adj

"The remarks have to be nothing less than intentionally intimidatory behavior."
"by May the so-called ‘Flour War’ (‘guerre des farines’) was brought to a close in a flurry of intimidatory public executions."

From intimidate + -ory.

more intimidatory (comparative) most intimidatory (superlative)

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How do you pronounce intimidatory?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɪntɪmɪˈdeɪtəɹi/.

What does intimidatory mean?

That intimidates; intimidating.

Where does intimidatory come from?

From intimidate + -ory.

How to pronounce intimidatory

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