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cowed
[ koud ]
adjective
- frightened by threats, violence, superior strength or ability, etc.; intimidated or overawed:
No, I’m not worried about going up against the chess champion—what do you take me for, an easily cowed novice?
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of cow 2.
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ·Ƿɱ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cowed1
Example Sentences
National Security Adviser Mike Waltz hasn't been cowed by the embarrassing revelation that he added the editor of The Atlantic to a group chat in which top Trump administration officials shared imminent American war plans.
It’s not only skewed the perspective of Swalwell’s middle child, but cowed some of his fellow lawmakers — those elected to supposedly advise, consent and exercise their best judgment — into silence and submission.
Congress is cowed; that’s one supposedly coequal branch of government down.
"We were cowed by the market - we came to act as if it always knew best and the state should sit it out."
Celtic players looked stunned and cowed in a raucous stadium against an elite side.
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