intimidations
Acts of menacing
Intimidations are acts of frightening or threatening someone to influence their behavior.
The word usually appears in legal or formal contexts describing patterns of coercion: a campaign of intimidations against witnesses, repeated intimidations by debt collectors.
The singular intimidation is far more common, covering both the act and the state of being intimidated.
Emotional response to threat
- threatsDeclarations of intended harm
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- menaceSource of potential harm
- pressureForce upon contact
bullying · dominance · browbeating · unnerving · daunting · alarming · unsettling · terrorizing
Declarations of intended harm
- violenceHarmful physical force
- aggressionHostile or attacking behavior
- forceStrength or compulsion
- loomingAppearing threateningly close
posturing · confrontation · muscling · strongarming · towering · glaring · blocking · crowding
Illegally influencing trial observers
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- extortionObtaining through threats
- blackmailCoercion through damaging threats
threatening · duress · criminal charges · prosecution · testimony · court order · restraining order · jury tampering
Influence from one's equals
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- shamingCausing feelings of disgrace
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
ridicule · mobbing · cyberbullying · trolling · cancel culture · public shaming · social isolation · hazing
Aggressive, unwanted targeting
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
- hostile environmentSurroundings posing active threats
- power abuseMisusing authority harmfully
- supervisorOne who directs workers
subordination · silencing · micromanagement · public humiliation · exclusion · gaslighting · performance review · blacklisting
fear
Emotional response to threat
- threatsDeclarations of intended harm
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- menaceSource of potential harm
pressure · bullying · dominance · browbeating · unnerving · daunting · alarming · unsettling · terrorizing · frightening
threats
Declarations of intended harm
- violenceHarmful physical force
- aggressionHostile or attacking behavior
- forceStrength or compulsion
looming · posturing · confrontation · muscling · strongarming · towering · glaring · blocking · crowding · cornering
witness tampering
Illegally influencing trial observers
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- extortionObtaining through threats
blackmail · threatening · duress · criminal charges · prosecution · testimony · court order · restraining order · jury tampering · bribery
peer pressure
Influence from one's equals
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- shamingCausing feelings of disgrace
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
gossip · ridicule · mobbing · cyberbullying · trolling · cancel culture · public shaming · social isolation · hazing · humiliation
harassment
Aggressive, unwanted targeting
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
- hostile environmentSurroundings posing active threats
- power abuseMisusing authority harmfully
supervisor · subordination · silencing · micromanagement · public humiliation · exclusion · gaslighting · performance review · blacklisting · whistleblower
intimidationsencouragements
Expressions of support
reassurances · emboldening · affirmations · heartening · inspirations
intimidationsempowerments
Grants of authority
liberations · protections · safeguarding · sheltering · advocacy
intimidationsempowerments
Grants of authority
liberations · protections · safeguards · defenses · sheltering
- witness intimidationThreatening courtroom testifiers
- voter intimidationDiscouraging voting through threats
- intimidation tacticsFear-based coercion methods