🙇cower

verb
/ˈkaʊər/

Meaning

to crouch down in fear

Example Sentences

The child cowered behind the sofa during the thunderstorm.

Synonyms

cringe, shrink, tremble, flinch

Antonyms

face, confront, stand tall

Collocations

cower in fear, cower away, cower under

Related Vocabularies

To make abnormally thin or weak, usually because of illness or lack of food.
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to burden or weigh down something, making it difficult to move or progress
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