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cowed
[ koud ]
adjective
- frightened by threats, violence, superior strength or ability, etc.; intimidated or overawed:
No, I鈥檓 not worried about going up against the chess champion鈥攚hat do you take me for, an easily cowed novice?
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of cow 2.
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 耻苍路肠辞飞别诲 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of cowed1
Example Sentences
In his first few months in office, Trump has intimidated opponents in politics and media, cowed powerful law firms and even co-opted tech titans who were once among his loudest critics.
National Security Adviser Mike Waltz hasn't been cowed by the embarrassing revelation that he added the editor of The Atlantic to a group chat in which top Trump administration officials shared imminent American war plans.
It鈥檚 not only skewed the perspective of Swalwell鈥檚 middle child, but cowed some of his fellow lawmakers 鈥 those elected to supposedly advise, consent and exercise their best judgment 鈥 into silence and submission.
Congress is cowed; that鈥檚 one supposedly coequal branch of government down.
"We were cowed by the market - we came to act as if it always knew best and the state should sit it out."
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