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Cowed Made Afraid Behave Frightened Badly Treated Cow

query
If someone is c____, they are made afraid, or made to behave in a particular way because they have been frightened or badly treated .If someone is cowed, they are made afraid, or made to behave in a particular way because they have been frightened or badly treated .
The government, far from being cowed by these threats, has vowed to continue its policy.
...cowing them into submission.
By this time she was so cowed by the beatings that she meekly obeyed.
word cow
full-definition
noun
A cow is a large female animal that is kept on farms for its milk . People sometimes refer to male and female animals of this species as cows .
He kept a few dairy cows.
Dad went out to milk the cows.
...a herd of cows.
Some female animals, including elephants and whales, are called cows .
...a cow elephant.
If someone describes a woman as a cow, they dislike her and think that she is unpleasant or stupid .
verb
If someone is cowed, they are made afraid, or made to behave in a particular way because they have been frightened or badly treated .
The government, far from being cowed by these threats, has vowed to continue its policy.
...cowing them into submission.
By this time she was so cowed by the beatings that she meekly obeyed.
inflections cowscowingcowedcowed
cefr-level A1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1

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