cowered
past simple and past participle ofcower
cower
verb[I]
uk/ˈkaʊ.ər/us/ˈkaʊ.ɚ/toloweryourheadorbodyinfear, often whilemovingbackwards:
Stop cowering! I'm not going tohityou.
Afraid
- afraid
- be in fear ofyourlifephrase
- be like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlightsidiom
- bottle
- bottle out
- bug out
- horror-struck
- in terror ofyourlifeidiom
- intimidated
- leaf
- nebbish
- panic
- panic-stricken
- quake
- shake
- squirrelly
- terrified
- terror-stricken
- threatened
- unconfident
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Not holding the body upright
Examplesofcowered
cowered
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
I really am delighted that we are notcoweredby those threats.
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Shecoweredunder a table in fear of her life.
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Human and non-human animalscoweredin shelters or collapsed from exhaustion.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His gimmick over the years has more or less remained the same, a tough talking big mouth whocoweredin fear when being physically confronted.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Despite having been a boxer in the navy, he oftencoweredand allowed other men to bully him.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Leggett became the scapegoat for the attack, since no one else saw him fighting and assumed hecoweredin battle.
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- you-can-t-make-a-silk-purse-out-of-a-sow-s-ear
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- you-can-t-make-bricks-without-straw
- you-can-t-miss-it
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- you-can-t-say-fairer-than-that
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- you-can-t-teach-an-old-dog-new-tricks
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- you-can-t-win-em-all
- you-can-t-win-them-all
- you can’t miss it
- you can’t win them all
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- you-could-have-fooled-me
- you could have heard a pin drop
- you-could-have-heard-a-pin-drop
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