cowardizev.

Brit.

/ˈkaʊədʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈkaʊərˌdaɪz/, East African English

/ˌkauaˈdaiz/

Etymology: < coward n. + -ize suffix.

transitive. To make a coward of; to render cowardly; to daunt.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)] > daunt (a person's) courage

cowardc1300

anarrowc1400

accowardize1480

accoward1481

daunton1535

quail1548

daunt1569

quay1590

disheart1603

dishearten1606

cravena1616

break1619

unsoula1634

unnerve1638

cowardize1648

daff1673

to put (a person) off his (also her) mettle1745

becoward1831

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. (1655) xix. 139 Now they are cowardized, oppressed, unarmed.

1668 J. Flavell Saint Indeed 82 'Tis guilt upon the conscience that softens and cowardizes our spirits.

1840 Blackwood's Mag. 48 261 That the poverty and slavery they were bred up in should cowardize them.

Derivatives

ˈcowardizing n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [noun] > action of making a coward of

cowardizing1629

1629 H. Burton Babel No Bethel Ep. Ded. sig. ¶4^v The cowardizing of our English spirits.

Draft additions June 2022

intransitive. Ugandan English. To act like a coward; to lose one's nerve or resolve, to ‘chicken out’.

ΚΠ

2003 G. B. Nsamba Mod. Afr. Nationalism i. 4 These African servicemen witnessed the weakness of white men during combat. They saw whites cowardising, retreating, dying.

2011 Daily Monitor (Kampala) (Nexis) 30 May I'm not going to cowardise in implementing what council has approved.

2016 @ndoreriremoses 14 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 13 Oct. 2020) I remember on several Interviews, M7 said he would attend but cowardized in the last days.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	cowardize
释义	cowardizev. Brit. /ˈkaʊədʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈkaʊərˌdaɪz/, East African English /ˌkauaˈdaiz/ Etymology: < coward n. + -ize suffix. transitive. To make a coward of; to render cowardly; to daunt. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)] > daunt (a person's) courage cowardc1300 anarrowc1400 accowardize1480 accoward1481 daunton1535 quail1548 daunt1569 quay1590 disheart1603 dishearten1606 cravena1616 break1619 unsoula1634 unnerve1638 cowardize1648 daff1673 to put (a person) off his (also her) mettle1745 becoward1831 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. (1655) xix. 139 Now they are cowardized, oppressed, unarmed. 1668 J. Flavell Saint Indeed 82 'Tis guilt upon the conscience that softens and cowardizes our spirits. 1840 Blackwood's Mag. 48 261 That the poverty and slavery they were bred up in should cowardize them. Derivatives ˈcowardizing n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [noun] > action of making a coward of cowardizing1629 1629 H. Burton Babel No Bethel Ep. Ded. sig. ¶4^v The cowardizing of our English spirits. Draft additions June 2022 intransitive. Ugandan English. To act like a coward; to lose one's nerve or resolve, to ‘chicken out’. ΚΠ 2003 G. B. Nsamba Mod. Afr. Nationalism i. 4 These African servicemen witnessed the weakness of white men during combat. They saw whites cowardising, retreating, dying. 2011 Daily Monitor (Kampala) (Nexis) 30 May I'm not going to cowardise in implementing what council has approved. 2016 @ndoreriremoses 14 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 13 Oct. 2020) I remember on several Interviews, M7 said he would attend but cowardized in the last days. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1629
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