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intimidating
CIDE DICTIONARY
intimidating, adj.
discouraging; inhibiting; deterring. Opposite of encouraging . [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
intimidating
abusive, admonitory, bludgeoning, blustering, browbeating, bulldozing, bullying, cautionary, comminatory, denunciatory, deterrent, discouraging, disinclining, dissuading, dissuasive, expostulatory, fear-inspiring, foreboding, hectoring, imminent, lowering, menacing, minacious, minatory, monitory, ominous, terroristic, terrorizing, threatening, threatfulFor further exploring for "intimidating" in Webster Dictionary Online