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cower

2 syllables
verb
Quick answer

As a verb, cower means crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.

Meanings of cower

5 meanings

verb

  1. To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.

    “He'd be useless in war. He'd just cower in his bunker until the enemy came in and shot him, or until the war was over.”

  2. To cause to cower; to frighten into submission.

  3. Show submission or fear

    Similar: fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, grovel
Older and rare meanings (2)

  1. archaicTo crouch in general.

  2. obsoleteTo cherish with care.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

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verb: crouch or curl up
huddle
verb: show submission or fear
fawncrawlcreepcringegrovel

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