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cowed

[ koud ]

adjective

  1. 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

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of cow 2.
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲ·Ƿɱ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cowed1

First recorded in 1740–50; cow 2( def ) + -ed 2( def ) for the adjective; cow 2( def ) + -ed 1( def ) for the verb
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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.

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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.

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Congress is cowed; that’s one supposedly coequal branch of government down.

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"We were cowed by the market - we came to act as if it always knew best and the state should sit it out."

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Celtic players looked stunned and cowed in a raucous stadium against an elite side.

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