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cowed

/kaʊd/

cowed adjective: frightened into submission. Also the simple past and past participle of cow.

Adjective

cowed (comparative more cowed, superlative most cowed)

  1. Frightened into submission.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:cowed.
    Synonyms:
    intimidated

Also used as

cowed is also the simple past and past participle of cow.

Synonyms of cowed

Forms of cowed

comparativemore cowed
superlativemost cowed

Origin of cowed

* Probable origins are Scandinavian, cf. Danish kue, to subdue.

Words formed from cowed

Words that rhyme with cowed

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Questions about cowed

What does cowed mean?
Cowed means frightened into submission.
What part of speech is cowed?
Cowed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce cowed?
Cowed is pronounced /kaʊd/.

Words near cowed in the dictionary

  1. cowdriosis
  2. Cowdry bodies
  3. Cowdry body
  4. cowdung
  5. Cowe
  6. cowed
  7. cowedly
  8. cowedness
  9. coween
  10. coweens
  11. Cowell

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cowed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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