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cower
cow·er C0707600 (kou′ər)intr.v. cow·ered, cow·er·ing, cow·ers To cringe in fear.
[Middle English couren, of Scandinavian origin.]cower (ˈkaʊə) vb (intr) to crouch or cringe, as in fear[C13: from Middle Low German kūren to lie in wait; related to Swedish kura to lie in wait, Danish kure to squat]cow•er (ˈkaʊ ər)
v.i. to crouch or shrink back, as in fear or shame. [1250–1300; Middle English couren < Middle Low German kūren] cow′er•ing•ly, adv. cower
Past participle: cowered
Gerund: cowering
| Present |
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| I cower | | you cower | | he/she/it cowers | | we cower | | you cower | | they cower |
| Preterite |
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| I cowered | | you cowered | | he/she/it cowered | | we cowered | | you cowered | | they cowered |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am cowering | | you are cowering | | he/she/it is cowering | | we are cowering | | you are cowering | | they are cowering |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have cowered | | you have cowered | | he/she/it has cowered | | we have cowered | | you have cowered | | they have cowered |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was cowering | | you were cowering | | he/she/it was cowering | | we were cowering | | you were cowering | | they were cowering |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had cowered | | you had cowered | | he/she/it had cowered | | we had cowered | | you had cowered | | they had cowered |
| Future |
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| I will cower | | you will cower | | he/she/it will cower | | we will cower | | you will cower | | they will cower |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have cowered | | you will have cowered | | he/she/it will have cowered | | we will have cowered | | you will have cowered | | they will have cowered |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be cowering | | you will be cowering | | he/she/it will be cowering | | we will be cowering | | you will be cowering | | they will be cowering |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been cowering | | you have been cowering | | he/she/it has been cowering | | we have been cowering | | you have been cowering | | they have been cowering |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been cowering | | you will have been cowering | | he/she/it will have been cowering | | we will have been cowering | | you will have been cowering | | they will have been cowering |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been cowering | | you had been cowering | | he/she/it had been cowering | | we had been cowering | | you had been cowering | | they had been cowering |
| Conditional |
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| I would cower | | you would cower | | he/she/it would cower | | we would cower | | you would cower | | they would cower |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have cowered | | you would have cowered | | he/she/it would have cowered | | we would have cowered | | you would have cowered | | they would have cowered |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | cower - crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain"huddlecrouch, stoop, bend, bow - bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse" | | 2. | cower - show submission or fearfawn, grovel, cringe, crawl, creepbend, flex - form a curve; "The stick does not bend" |
cowerverb cringe, shrink, tremble, crouch, flinch, quail, draw back, grovel The hostages cowered in their seats.Translationscower (ˈkauə) verb to draw back and crouch in fear. He was cowering away from the fierce dog. 畏縮 畏缩cower
cower downTo crouch or otherwise make oneself smaller, usually out of fear. When I heard that loud bang, I immediately cowered down behind the door.See also: cower, downcower (away) from (someone or something)To move away from someone or something, usually out of fear. I cowered from the snake and prayed that it wouldn't see me.See also: cowercower (away) from someone or somethingto pull away from someone or something in fear. The coyote cowered away from the fire.See also: cowercower down (from something) and cower down (with something)to crouch down, displaying an emotion, such as fear. They cowered down with sheer terror. I would cower down from fright in a similar situation.See also: cower, downcower from somethingto drawback from the fear of something. The wolves cowered from the flames. Some excited hyenas cowered from the lions as they passed by.See also: cowercower
Related to cower: neutralizingSynonyms for cowerverb cringeSynonyms- cringe
- shrink
- tremble
- crouch
- flinch
- quail
- draw back
- grovel
Synonyms for cowerverb crouch or curl upSynonymsRelated Wordsverb show submission or fearSynonyms- fawn
- grovel
- cringe
- crawl
- creep
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