Antonyms for cowered

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kou-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkaʊ ər

Definition of cowered

Origin : c.1300, probably from Middle Low German *kuren "lie in wait" (Modern German kauern), or similar Scandinavian words meaning "to squat" and "to doze" (e.g. Old Norse kura, Danish, Norwegian kure, Swedish kura). Thus unrelated to coward. Related: Cowered; cowering.

verb hide, hover in fear

Example sentences :

If ever one cowered visibly in this world, Hamish Channing did then.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Jonas shrunk from looking at him, and cowered down into the chair by which he had held.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

Sim cowered in a corner of the box, with his lank fingers in his long hair.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

He glared at Nat Burns, who cowered silent and miserable in his corner.
Extract from : « The Harbor of Doubt » by Frank Williams

She turned on him, silent, a moment: he cowered and evaded her eyes.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 » by Various

His head bowed on his breast, and he giggled and cowered alternately.
Extract from : « Soldiers Three, Part II. » by Rudyard Kipling

Alas, she knew; she knew, and cowered against the door whitefaced and shaking.
Extract from : « In Kings' Byways » by Stanley J. Weyman

In the night he had cowered before Hermione and had been cruel with himself.
Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens

She cowered under the bedclothes, she told me, expecting him to strike her.
Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

Again I cowered behind the crowd, and her glance was carried onward.
Extract from : « The Quadroon » by Mayne Reid

Synonyms for cowered

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