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Pronunciation: [kˈa͡ʊd] (IPA)

The word "cowed" refers to a state of being intimidated or frightened into submission. There are several synonyms that can be used in its place, including intimidated, frightened, scared, terrified, petrified, and daunted. Each of these words conveys a sense of fear or apprehension, but may be better suited depending on the context in which they are used. For instance, "intimidated" may suggest a more subtle form of fear, while "terrified" might imply a more extreme level of terror. Ultimately, the choice of synonym should aim to accurately reflect the emotional state of the person in question, and the degree of fear they are experiencing.
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Usage examples for Cowed

Bobby Galleon was cowed by it; he did not mind his own ostracism, and he was proud that he could give practical effect to his devotion for his friend, but deep down in his loyalty, there was an unconfessed suspicion as to whether Peter, after all, hadn't been a little unwise and interfering-what was the good of making all this trouble?
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole
He represented the cowed and terror-stricken vassal shrinking from the imperial anger.
"Command"
William McFee
The stranger, who looked very pale and cowed, tried to offer a bribe, but the policeman stopped him at once and warned them that anything they said would be used against them at their trial.
"Dick Lionheart"
Mary Rowles Jarvis

Famous quotes with Cowed

  • The media in America has become so cowed and compromised.
    John Sayles
  • A tower of strength....his name cowed whole provinces while he was yet scores of miles away'.
    George Ramsay
  • I saw that my face wasn’t my face at all but a face that I lived behind and was welded to by a billion nerves. I looked into my eyes and saw that there was something looking back at me that was not me, not what I’d taken to be me. The unrefined ocean beyond the shallow pool was cascading through the mirror back at me. Nature looking at nature. Not me, little ol’ Russ, tossed about on turbulent seas; these distinctions were engineered. On acid, these realizations are absolute. The disobedient brain is whipped into its basket like a yapping hound cowed by Cesar Millan.
    Russell Brand
  • The men of faith might claim for their positions ancient tradition, practical usefulness, and spiritual desirability, but one query could prick all such bubbles: Is it scientific? That question has searched religion for contraband goods, stripped it of old superstitions, forced it to change its categories of thought and methods of work, and in general has so cowed and scared religion that many modern-minded believers... instinctively throw up their hands at the mere whisper of it... When a prominent scientist comes out strongly for religion, all the churches thank Heaven and take courage, as though it were the highest possible compliment to God to have Eddington believe in Him. Science has become the arbiter of this generation's thought, until to call even a prophet and a seer "scientific" is to cap the climax of praise.
    Harry Emerson Fosdick
  • Yet voluble of dumb violence. You look Across the roofs as sigil and as ward And in your centre mark them and are cowed . . .
    Wallace Stevens

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