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Synonyms for cowering
verb hide, hover in fearAntonyms for cowering
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
fainthearted
adjective. timid
hangdog
adjective. shamefaced
recreant
adjective. cowardly
subservient
adjective. extremely compliant
- a slave to
- abject
- acquiescent
- at one's beck and call
- at one's mercy
- bootlicking
- cowering
- cringing
- dancing
- deferential
- docile
- fawning
- ignoble
- in one's clutches
- in one's pocket
- in one's power
- inferior
- mean
- menial
- obeisant
- obsequious
- resigned
- servile
- slavish
- subject
- submissive
- sycophantic
- under one's thumb
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.