| antimicrobial | (adjective) capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms | Synonyms: antimicrobic |
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| (noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobic, disinfectant, germicide |
| antimicrobic | (adjective) capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms | Synonyms: antimicrobial |
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| (noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobial, disinfectant, germicide |
| intimidate | (verb) make timid or fearful | - |
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| (verb) to compel or deter by or as if by threats | - |
| intimidated | (adjective) made timid or fearful as by threats | - |
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| intimidating | (adjective) discouraging through fear | Synonyms: daunting |
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| intimidation | (noun) the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something | Synonyms: bullying |
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| (noun) a communication that makes you afraid to try something | Synonyms: determent, deterrence |
| (noun) the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid | - |
| (noun) the feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc. | - |
| legitimise | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimize |
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| legitimize | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise |
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| mistiming | (noun) something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred | Synonyms: anachronism, misdating |
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| optimisation | (noun) the act of rendering optimal | Synonyms: optimization |
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| optimise | (verb) act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world | Synonyms: optimize |
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| (verb) make optimal; get the most out of; use best | Synonyms: optimize |
| (verb) modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost | Synonyms: optimize |
| optimism | (noun) a general disposition to expect the best in all things | - |
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| (noun) the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well | - |
| optimist | (noun) a person disposed to take a favorable view of things | - |
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| optimistic | (adjective) expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds | - |
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| (adjective) expecting the best | Synonyms: affirmative |
| optimistically | (adverb) with optimism; in an optimistic manner | - |
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| optimization | (noun) the act of rendering optimal | Synonyms: optimisation |
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| optimize | (verb) act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world | Synonyms: optimise |
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| (verb) make optimal; get the most out of; use best | Synonyms: optimise |
| (verb) modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost | Synonyms: optimise |
| timid | (adjective) showing fear and lack of confidence | - |
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| (adjective) lacking self-confidence | Synonyms: diffident, shy, unsure |
| (adjective) lacking conviction or boldness or courage | Synonyms: faint-hearted, faint, fainthearted |
| (noun) people who are fearful and cautious | Synonyms: cautious |
| timidity | (noun) fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities | Synonyms: timorousness |
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| (noun) fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions | Synonyms: timidness, timorousness |
| timidly | (adverb) in a shy or timid or bashful manner | Synonyms: bashfully, shyly |
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| timidness | (noun) fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions | Synonyms: timidity, timorousness |
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| timing | (noun) the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics) | - |
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| (noun) the time when something happens | - |
| unintimidated | (adjective) not shrinking from danger | Synonyms: unblinking, unflinching, unshrinking |
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| victimisation | (noun) an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) | Synonyms: exploitation, using, victimization |
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| victimise | (verb) punish unjustly | Synonyms: victimize |
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| (verb) make a victim of | Synonyms: victimize |
| victimised | (adjective) (of persons) taken advantage of | Synonyms: exploited, ill-used, put-upon, used, victimized |
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| victimiser | (noun) a person who victimizes others | Synonyms: victimizer |
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| victimization | (noun) an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) | Synonyms: exploitation, using, victimisation |
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| (noun) adversity resulting from being made a victim | - |
| victimize | (verb) punish unjustly | Synonyms: victimise |
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| (verb) make a victim of | Synonyms: victimise |
| (verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle |
| victimized | (adjective) (of persons) taken advantage of | Synonyms: exploited, ill-used, put-upon, used, victimised |
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| victimizer | (noun) a person who victimizes others | Synonyms: victimiser |
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