cowingadj.
/ˈkaʊɪŋ/ Overawing, intimidating.
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [adjective]
dauntinga1400
dismayfulc1595
huffing1602
dismaying1653
disheartening1654
disanimating1659
hectoring1664
bullying1681
bullocking1715
intimidatinga1812
browbeating1816
appalling1817
cowing1843
intimidatorya1846
dompting1912
fuck-off1962
1843 T. Wilson Pitman's Pay 24 It was, ne doubt, a cooen seet [i.e. cowing sight].
1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere I. i. x. 261 Her sharp tongue had sometimes a cowing effect on his curious nonchalance.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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