cowers

Meaning of cowers

verb, 3rd person present
  1. 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.
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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:

cringe

Meaning move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust:

shrink

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:

crouch

Meaning suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust:

recoil

Meaning make a quick, nervous movement as an instinctive reaction to fear, pain, or surprise:

flinch

Meaning (of a person) tremble convulsively, typically as a result of fear or revulsion:

shudder

Meaning shake slightly and uncontrollably as a result of being cold, frightened, or excited:

shiver

Meaning (of a person, a part of the body, or the voice) shake involuntarily, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty:

tremble

Meaning (of a structure or area of land) tremble or vibrate:

shake

Meaning (of a person) shake or shudder with fear:

quake

Meaning lie or crawl abjectly on the ground with one's face downwards:

grovel

Meaning make a sudden flinching movement out of fear or pain:

blench

Meaning make white or pale by extracting colour:

blanch

Meaning a small short-tailed Old World game bird resembling a tiny partridge, typically having brown camouflaged plumage:

quail

Anagrams of cowers

escrow

Words that rhyme with cowers

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