Cower — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

crouch or curl up

show submission or fear

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈaʊɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/kˈaʊə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kˈaʊə/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈaʊɚ/.

Examples

They huddled outside in the rain

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

huddle fawn crawl cringe creep grovel

Parts of Speech

verb	crouch or curl up “They huddled outside in the rain”
verb	show submission or fear

Word Forms

huddler	noun	a person who crouches
fawner	noun	someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect
crawler	noun	a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
coward	noun	a person who shows fear or timidity
groveler	noun	someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect
groveller	noun	someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

kauern

ducken oder zusammenrollen

🇫🇷French

se recroqueviller

accroupissez-vous ou recroquevillez-vous

🇪🇸Spanish

acobardarse

agacharse o acurrucarse

🇮🇹Italian

rannicchiarsi

accovacciarsi o rannicchiarsi

🇳🇱Dutch

ineenkrimpen

hurken of opkrullen

🇵🇹Portuguese

encolher-se

agachar ou enrolar

🇷🇺Russian

съеживаться

присесть или свернуться калачиком

India

🇮🇳Hindi

डरपोक

झुकना या मुड़ना

🇮🇳Tamil

பயமுறுத்துபவர்

குனிந்து அல்லது சுருண்டு

🇮🇳Telugu

కోవర్

వంగి లేదా వంకరగా

🇮🇳Gujarati

કોવર

ક્રોચ અથવા કર્લ અપ

🇮🇳Kannada

ದಯನೀಯ

ಕ್ರೌಚ್ ಅಥವಾ ಕರ್ಲ್ ಅಪ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഭയങ്കരൻ

വളയുക അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ചുരുളുക

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

退缩

蹲下或卷起

🇯🇵Japanese

縮こまる

しゃがむか丸まる

🇰🇷Korean

움츠러들다

웅크리거나 웅크리기

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thu mình lại

cúi xuống hoặc cuộn tròn

🇹🇭Thai

คนขี้กลัว

หมอบหรือขดตัว

🇮🇩Indonesian

gemetar ketakutan

berjongkok atau meringkuk

🇲🇾Malay

gerun

bongkok atau meringkuk

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أجبن

تجثم أو تتجعد

🇮🇷Persian

خفه کردن

خم شدن یا خم شدن

🇹🇷Turkish

çömelmek

çömelmek veya kıvrılmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְהִתְכַּוֵץ

להתכופף או להתכרבל

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