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I — In terrorem to Inventive (Part 4 of 10)

Intimate, a.

    1. Near, close.
    2. Familiar, friendly, hand and glove, hail fellow well met.
    3. Familiar, close, bosom, very dear, confidential.
    4. Inward, internal, interior, from within.

Intimate, n. Confidant, crony, familiar friend, intimate acquaintance, bosom friend.

Intimate, v. a. Suggest, hint, insinuate, allude to, make allusion to, give an inkling of, glance at, remind of, put in mind of.

Intimately, ad.

    1. Closely, nearly.
    2. Familiarly, closely, confidentially.
    3. Thoroughly, familiarly, through and through, to the core, to the bottom.

Intimation, n. Hint, suggestion, allusion, insinuation, innuendo.

Intimidate, v. a. Frighten, affright, alarm, scare, daunt, dismay, terrify, appall, put in fear, fright (poetical).

Intimidation, n.

    1. Intimidating.
    2. Fear, terror, terrorism, reign of terror.

Intolerable, a. Insufferable, insupportable, unbearable, unendurable, not to be tolerated or borne.

Intolerance, n.

    1. Bigotry, narrowness, proscriptive or persecuting spirit, want of toleration, want of forbearance.
    2. Non-endurance, inability to bear, rejection.

Intolerant, a.

    1. Overbearing, supercilious, dictatorial, imperious.