Cowed

/kaʊd/

Synonyms for "cowed" (86 found)

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Closest matches (18)

afraid aghast appalled ashen astounded awed awestricken awestruck blanched chicken chickenhearted coward cowardly

Verb(4 words)

be intimidatedbrowbeat bully cowered

Adjective(1 words)

browbeaten

Strong matches (25)

Verb(5 words)

daunt dauntedgrow timidintimidate intimidated

daunteddeadly paledismayed downtrodden fainthearted fearful frozen funking funkygray with fearhenhearted horrified horror-struck intimidatedlily liveredlily-livered milk-livered milksoppish milksoppy mousy

Related words (43)

Verb(4 words)

overawed quailshrivel with fearsubdued

overtimid overtimorouspale as deathpallid panic-prone panicky paralyzed petrified pigeonhearted rabbityscared stiffscared to deathsissified sissy soft stunned stupefied terrified terror-crazed terror-haunted

Show 19 more words

terror-ridden terror-riven terror-shaken terror-smitten terror-struck terror-troubled timid timorous undone unmanly unmanned unnerved unstrung weakweak kneedweak-kneed weakhearted white-livered yellow

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

7 entries

emotional statefear frighten intimidatepsychological statestate of feartimidity

More specific

9 entries

browbeat bully cower cringe daunted pressurize quail subdued timid

Collocations

11 entries

cowed by authoritycowed by fearcowed crowdcowed governmentcowed into silencecowed mediacowed officialscowed oppositioncowed populacecowed silencecowed witnesses

Inflections

4 entries

cowing cowsmore cowedmost cowed

Derivations

2 entries

cow cowlike

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He was cowed by her intelligence.

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In the end, her glare cowed him into submission.

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She refuses to be cowed by their threats.

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