intimidatory
adjUK /ɪntɪmɪˈdeɪtəɹi/
Etymology From intimidate + -ory.
1
Rare That intimidates; intimidating.
- 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.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 297: