Cower
['kaʊə] or ['kaʊɚ]
Definition
(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.
Edited by Bradley
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Crouch, cringe, fawn, stoop, squat, bend the knee.
Inputed by Dan
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Shrink, stoop, crouch
ANT:Rise, stand, dare, face, confront
Checker: Phyllis
Definition
v.i. to sink down through fear &c.: to crouch for protection or in fear.—adv. Cow′eringly.
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Examples
- No need to cower behind a gate-post, indeed! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Cowering forward for warmth and to make me a screen against the wind, the convicts were closer to me than before. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The candle was relit, and there was our wretched captive, shivering and cowering in the grasp of the detective. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She hurried on, cowering from the white planet. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He cowered down upon his stone bed, and thought of the past. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The slave girls upon the dais shrieked and cowered away. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The Premier sprang to his feet with that quick, fierce gleam of his deep-set eyes before which a Cabinet has cowered. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- During this long speech the Greek made neither sound nor movement, but, like a beaten hound, cowered before the lash of Justinian's scornful words. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Jane hung her head and cowered at this, for she felt as if it was particularly directed to her. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She cowered near to him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Looking cautiously round, to ascertain that they were not overheard, the two hags cowered nearer to the fire, and chuckled heartily. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He cowers and droops. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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