as in intimidated
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as in frightened
to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats
a sharp glare cowed the child into being quiet
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cowed
Adjective
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Does Jonas feel intimidated to thread those lines between the personal and the fictional so closely?—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
12 Dec. 2024 -
Those staffing the agencies, meanwhile, may prove too intimidated to resist abuse by the White House.—
Robert Mickey,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Apr. 2017
Verb
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Unfortunately for them, Steph won’t be bullied – even by paternalistic threats of being sued into oblivion.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
23 Dec. 2024
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Watch on Deadline His claims echoed the findings of a Deadline investigation in November 2023, which revealed allegations that Spencer bullied staff and students.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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What is certain is that this impassioned novel has made a case for a kind of epic where the fate of a nation depends on its most oppressed identities.—
Siddhartha Deb,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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Thoughts of American battlefield heroes might conjure up images of overseas valor in service of oppressed and conquered people around the world.—
Kerry J. Byrne Fox News,
Fox News,
22 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Without help, the people today who are deemed not vulnerable enough to warrant aid will eventually become the most downtrodden — but only after years of difficulty, suffering, and diminished health.—
Carly Stern,
Vox,
6 Dec. 2024
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But unlike the 1964 television special’s downtrodden playthings, which eager girls and boys eventually welcome on Christmas morning, these items are gifts that have already been given—and rejected.—
Ellen Wexler,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Cowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cowed. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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