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Synonyms for cower
ˈkaʊ ərcow·er
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huddle, cowerverb
crouch or curl up
"They huddled outside in the rain"
Synonyms:
crawl, huddle together, creep, huddle, fawn, grovel, cringefawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovelverb
show submission or fear
Synonyms:
sneak, recoil, bootlick, fawn, quail, flinch, funk, crawl, grovel, huddle, cringe, wince, truckle, kowtow, kotow, pussyfoot, squinch, creep, mouse, suck up, toady, shrink
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#8260 | funk | |
#13161 | shrink | |
#14216 | crawl | |
#16203 | sneak | |
#18621 | creep | |
#22782 | quail | |
#26161 | crouch | |
#30821 | fawn | |
#31728 | recoil | |
#31924 | wince | |
#43010 | cringe | |
#47721 | stoop | |
#49409 | huddle | |
#76457 | flinch | |
#102486 | cower | |
#116571 | grovel | |
#128894 | toady | |
#207328 | kowtow | |
#271278 | pussyfoot | |
#275633 | truckle |
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Children are dying from lack of food and medicines in parts of Syria just a few kilometers from warehouses that are piled high with aid, families (Save the Children interviewed) spoke of sick babies dying at checkpoints, vets (veterinary surgeons) treating humans, and children forced to eat animal feed as they cower in basements from airstrikes.
This is a militant organization that wants to use this election cycle to be disruptive. It’s wrong and the more Democrats cower to them, the worse it gets.
You can’t cower away from certain things, i feel like a lot of people don’t like the controversy. They don’t like to discuss [religion]. They don’t like to debate; I love that stuff. If it wasn't for the fact that my family was under a close scrutiny I would probably want to run for [political office] someday or something. I am always the one at dinner parties where people are like ‘don't talk about religion or politics’ and I’m like ‘can we please talk about religion or politics?’ I love debating and I love hearing other perspectives on everything.
I don't think I paused to process what had happened on 9/11, because I was too busy responding. I couldn't grieve, because I felt under siege, everything changed suddenly. The ground beneath our feet was shifting. At the same time, there was no way as an Bangladeshi American, Berkeley-educated Muslim woman I would cower in this situation.
What I’ve decided to do is not cower, i’m a free American. I can do what I want with my possessions. An attorney for Martin's family declined to specifically comment on Zimmerman, but did issue a statement to Fox 35 Orlando Wednesday.
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