Synonyms of cowed

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adjective

as in intimidated

Related Words

• intimidated
• browbeaten
• oppressed
• crushed
• bullied
• hectored
• downtrodden
• persecuted
• abused
• tyrannized
• maltreated
• dispirited
• abject
• mistreated
• disheartened
• despairing
• downcast
• hopeless

cowed

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verb

past tense of cow

as in bullied

to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats

a sharp glare cowed the child into being quiet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intimidated
• bullied
• frightened
• startled
• scared
• coerced
• browbeat
• bulldozed
• shocked
• badgered
• hectored
• harassed
• strong-armed
• picked on
• terrified
• threatened
• horrified
• bullyragged
• alarmed
• blackjacked
• spooked
• pressured
• bogarted
• terrorized
• blustered
• affrighted
• menaced
• forced
• compelled
• hounded
• disturbed
• obliged
• unnerved
• constrained
• dragooned
• disconcerted
• demoralized
• disquieted
• bludgeoned
• perturbed
• trash-talked
• upset
• pressed
• distressed
• pushed around
• discomposed
• unmanned
• made
• psyched (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reassured
• comforted
• cheered
• consoled
• soothed
• encouraged
• emboldened
• convinced
• heartened
• persuaded
• solaced
• steeled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cowed

Verb

What stood out was his confidence; Bouaddi was never cowed up against the experienced pairing of Bruno Guimaraes and Casemiro. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Refusing to be cowed, Sartre responded to Aron with his own book on Marx, the nine-hundred-page Critique of Dialectical Reason, in 1960. — Literary Hub, 21 July 2026

England looked cowed and browbeaten by the second half of the semifinal, which allowed Lionel Messi to do what only Lionel Messi can do. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

Instead, several of Kendall’s key allies are cowed by Logan’s intimidating presence — even Roman buckles under the pressure — and the media titan declares victory. — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026

Producers have been cowed internally after the show has been undermined by a media company that has consistently refused to stand up for it in public. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 June 2026

Still, the stereotype of the Spirit customer was not of a traveller cowed by a need to be thrifty. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 9 May 2026

The Kid Line of Marat Khusnutdinov, Fraser Minten and James Hagens drew raves from Sturm in the first two games up in Buffalo for its details and refusal to be cowed by the hostile environment in Buffalo. — Stephen Conroy, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026

Bruce Springsteen was standing up to the president, while universities and law firms were being cudgeled and cowed. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2026