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synonyms for cower

  • cringe
  • crouch
  • flinch
  • recoil
  • skulk
  • tremble
  • wince
  • blench
  • bootlick
  • fawn
  • grovel
  • kowtow
  • quail
  • shrink
  • sneak
  • toady
  • truckle
  • apple-polish
  • brown-nose
  • draw back
See also synonyms for: cowered / cowering
On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cower, such as: cringe, crouch, flinch, recoil, skulk, and tremble.

antonyms for cower

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  • face
  • meet
  • come out
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How to use cower in a sentence

We laughed that off, but it was harder to do the same when everyone coming down the trail toward us cowered in fear at the sight of the dogs the hiker lied had just bit him.
ALL THE MONEY MY DOGS HAVE EVER COST MEWSILERFEBRUARY 3, 2022OUTSIDE ONLINE
No one locked in a room, cowering under a table for hours, was laughing.
FOR THE JAN. 6 RIOTERS, JUSTICE IS STILL COMINGVERA BERGENGRUENJANUARY 5, 2022TIME
In fact, many have accused Blancaflor of cowering to the influence of the United States.
THE HISTORY BEHIND THE REMOVAL OF ARGENTINA’S VERSION OF ‘AUNT JEMIMA’ERIKA EDWARDSJUNE 24, 2021WASHINGTON POST
There were barely two dozen journalists in theaters that seat hundreds, all scattered around in separate rows, cowering in their masks.
YOU SHOULD ABSOLUTELY GO BACK TO THE MOVIES. I DID. AND CRIED. (A LOT.)KEVIN FALLONMAY 28, 2021THE DAILY BEAST
In the apartment were young Denise, her mother and aunt, and two small children who cowered under blankets as the gang terrorized the others, police said.
RELEASED EARLY AFTER A MURDER CONVICTION, D.C. MAN IS CHARGED IN NEW HOMICIDEPAUL M. DUGGAN, KEITH L. ALEXANDER, PETER HERMANNMAY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Will not this coming Yankee Congress force all the world either to cower before them, or check them by upholding us?
THE FLAG REPLACED ON SUMTERWILLIAM A. SPICER
And he would cower in the background blushing his absurd little blushes at his second-hand temerity.
BLAZED TRAIL STORIESSTEWART EDWARD WHITE
Wave after wave of them come across in their field gray-blue uniforms and they never cower.
PRIVATE PEATHAROLD R. PEAT
If, with growing clarity of vision, catastrophe ensued, then was time enough to shrink and cower.
THE HIDDEN PLACESBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
But even then Ruth could not speak; it had come in too tender a moment, had found her too exposed; she could only cower back.
FIDELITYSUSAN GLASPELL
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WORDS RELATED TO COWER

  • arch
  • bob
  • cower
  • crook
  • curtsy
  • curve
  • debase
  • dip
  • do obeisance
  • droop
  • duck
  • genuflect
  • hunch
  • incline
  • nod
  • round
  • stoop
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