cowers
Meaning of cowers
verb, 3rd person present
- crouch down in fear.
children cowered in terror as the shoot-out erupted
Middle English: from Middle Low German kūren ‘lie in wait’, of unknown ultimate origin.
Information about cowers
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of cowers is: cower.
- Languages in which cowers is used:
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Hyphenation of cowers
cow-ers
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- cowers is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
cowers synonyms
Meaning bend one's head and body in fear or apprehension or in a servile manner:
Meaning move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust:
Meaning adopt a position where the knees are bent and the upper body is brought forward and down, typically in order to avoid detection or to defend oneself:
Meaning suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust:
Meaning make a quick, nervous movement as an instinctive reaction to fear, pain, or surprise:
Meaning (of a person) tremble convulsively, typically as a result of fear or revulsion:
Meaning shake slightly and uncontrollably as a result of being cold, frightened, or excited:
Meaning (of a person, a part of the body, or the voice) shake involuntarily, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty:
Meaning (of a structure or area of land) tremble or vibrate:
Meaning (of a person) shake or shudder with fear:
Meaning lie or crawl abjectly on the ground with one's face downwards:
Meaning make a sudden flinching movement out of fear or pain:
Meaning make white or pale by extracting colour:
Meaning a small short-tailed Old World game bird resembling a tiny partridge, typically having brown camouflaged plumage:
Anagrams of cowers
Words that rhyme with cowers
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