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- pronunciation:
- kaU
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
cows, cowing, cowed |
| definition: |
to scare or intimidate with threats, violence, or the like.
She was cowed by her husband's threats, so she never went to the authorities to make a complaint.- similar words:
- bulldoze
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| related words: |
browbeat, bully, daunt, dishearten, dismay, menace, terrify, threaten |
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