Definition of "cowered" [cowered]

• Simple past tense and past participle of cower. (verb)

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• "The Virgin cowered down and instinctively threw up her hands to protect her face."
• "McCain’s support of the surge while Obama cowered is what gained us the strength to allow peace to happen. —"
• "I take this opportunity of stating that if anybody "cowered" in Court on that memorable occasion, it was certainly not poor old PROSER."