'Cowed' definitions:
Definition of 'Cowed'
From: GCIDE
- Cow \Cow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cowed (koud); p. pr. & vb. n. Cowing.] [Cf. Icel. kuga, Sw. kufva to check, subdue, Dan. kue. Cf. Cuff, v. t.] To depress with fear; to daunt the spirits or courage of; to overawe. [1913 Webster]
- To vanquish a people already cowed. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- THe French king was cowed. --J. R. Green. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'cowed'
From: GCIDE
- cowed \cowed\ adj. frightened into submission or compliance.
- Syn: browbeaten, bullied, hangdog, intimidated. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'cowed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afraid,
- aghast,
- appalled,
- ashen,
- astounded,
- awed,
- awestricken,
- awestruck,
- blanched,
- chicken,
- chickenhearted,
- coward,
- cowardly,
- daunted,
- deadly pale,
- dismayed,
- fainthearted,
- fearful,
- frozen,
- funking,
- funky,
- gray with fear,
- henhearted,
- horrified,
- horror-struck,
- intimidated,
- lily-livered,
- milk-livered,
- milksoppish,
- milksoppy,
- mousy,
- overtimid,
- overtimorous,
- pale as death,
- pallid,
- panic-prone,
- panicky,
- paralyzed,
- petrified,
- pigeonhearted,
- rabbity,
- scared stiff,
- scared to death,
- sissified,
- sissy,
- soft,
- stunned,
- stupefied,
- terrified,
- terror-crazed,
- terror-haunted,
- terror-ridden,
- terror-riven,
- terror-shaken,
- terror-smitten,
- terror-struck,
- terror-troubled,
- timid,
- timorous,
- undone,
- unmanly,
- unmanned,
- unnerved,
- unstrung,
- weak,
- weak-kneed,
- weakhearted,
- white-livered,
- yellow
Words containing 'Cowed'
- Cow,
- Cowing,
- Cows,
- Cow parsley,
- Cow parsnip,
- Cow tree,
- Cow's lungwort,
- Sea cow,
- To dry a cow,
- To dry up a cow,
- ant cow,
- bush cow,
- cash cow,
- cow barn,
- cow chip,
- cow cockle,
- cow dung,
- cow lily,
- cow man,
- cow manure,
- cow oak,
- cow pasture,
- cow pen,
- cow pie,
- cow pony,
- cow shark,
- cow sharks,
- cow town,
- cow's head,
- cows' milk,
- dairy cow,
- grunting cow,
- lady cow,
- milch cow,
- milk cow,
- sacred cow,
- springing cow,
- Cow-pilot,
- Steller's sea cow,
- cow-cockle,
- mad cow disease,
- moo-cow,
- cow-nosed ray,
- cow-tongue fern