To cower is to shrink in fear. Whether they live in the country or city, any mouse will cower when a huge, hungry cat approaches.
To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear.
Verb
show submission or fear
Verb
crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain"
v. i.
To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat;
hence, to quail; to sink through fear.
v. t.
To cherish with care.
Cower
Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire.
Like falcons, cowering on the nest.
Cower
To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear.
To cherish with care.
Usage Examples
Democracy is stronger than terrorism, and we will not cower to the terrorists' campaign of fear.
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Other Usage ExamplesEvery genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe.
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