He was cowed by her intelligence.
Source: tatoeba (302818)
Cowed
//kaʊd//
Synonyms for "cowed" (77 found)
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5 translations across 5 languages.
French
1 entries- intimidé adj (frightened into submission)
German
1 entries- eingeschüchtert adj (frightened into submission)
Italian
1 entries- intimidito adj (frightened into submission)
Russian
1 entries- заби́тый adj (frightened into submission)
Spanish
1 entries- intimidado adj (frightened into submission)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
In the end, her glare cowed him into submission.
Source: tatoeba (5154897)
She refuses to be cowed by their threats.
Source: tatoeba (11589134)
For quotations using this term, see Citations:cowed.
Source: wiktionary
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