cowerverb [ I ]
uk/ˈkaʊ.ər/us/ˈkaʊ.ɚ/to lower your head or body in fear, often while moving backwards:
Stop cowering! I'm not going to hit you.
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Afraid
- afraid
- be like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlights idiom
- bottle
- bottle out
- fear for sb/sth
- fear the worst idiom
- fearfully
- in terror of your life idiom
- intimidated
- panic
- panic-stricken
- panicky
- pants
- petrified
- quake
- terrified
- terror
- terror-stricken
- unconfident
- worst
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Not holding the body upright