Antonyms for cowedcowed

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1. cowedadjective

   Synonyms:
   intimidated

2. cowedadjective

   Frightened into submission.

   Synonyms:
   intimidated

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1. Roger Pilon:

   Today, of course, the redistributive powers of Congress are everywhere -- except in the Constitution. The result is the feeding frenzy that is modern Washington, the Hobbesian war of all against all as each tries to get his share and more of the common pot the tax system fills. ... It is unseemly and wrong. More than that, it is unconstitutional, whatever the slim and cowed majority on the New Deal Court may have said.

2. George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie:

   A tower of strength....his name cowed whole provinces while he was yet scores of miles away'.

3. Prime Minister David Cameron:

   It's desperate stuff from an organization that really does do the most utterly despicable and ghastly acts, and people can see that again today, this is an organization that's losing territory, it's losing ground ... Britain will never be cowed by this sort of terrorism, our values are so much stronger than theirs. It may take a very long time but they will be defeated.

4. Josh Earnest:

   We know they are not going to be cowed by this terrible act.

5. Samit Aich:

   This is a smear, pure and simple, we believe in the Indian legal system. A campaign is being waged against dissent, but we will not be cowed.

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