Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cower
Participle: cowered
Gerund: cowering
Indicative
Present
| I | cower |
| you | cower |
| he;she;it | cowers |
| we | cower |
| you | cower |
| they | cower |
Perfect
| I | have cowered |
| you | have cowered |
| he;she;it | has cowered |
| we | have cowered |
| you | have cowered |
| they | have cowered |
Past
| I | cowered |
| you | cowered |
| he;she;it | cowered |
| we | cowered |
| you | cowered |
| they | cowered |
Pluperfect
| I | had cowered |
| you | had cowered |
| he;she;it | had cowered |
| we | had cowered |
| you | had cowered |
| they | had cowered |
Future
| I | will cower |
| you | will cower |
| he;she;it | will cower |
| we | will cower |
| you | will cower |
| they | will cower |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cowered |
| you | will have cowered |
| he;she;it | will have cowered |
| we | will have cowered |
| you | will have cowered |
| they | will have cowered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cower |
| you | cower |
| he;she;it | cower |
| we | cower |
| you | cower |
| they | cower |
Perfect
| I | have cowered |
| you | have cowered |
| he;she;it | have cowered |
| we | have cowered |
| you | have cowered |
| they | have cowered |
Imperfect
| I | cowered |
| you | cowered |
| he;she;it | cowered |
| we | cowered |
| you | cowered |
| they | cowered |
Pluperfect
| I | had cowered |
| you | had cowered |
| he;she;it | had cowered |
| we | had cowered |
| you | had cowered |
| they | had cowered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cower |
| you | would cower |
| he;she;it | would cower |
| we | would cower |
| you | would cower |
| they | would cower |
Perfect
| I | would have cowered |
| you | would have cowered |
| he;she;it | would have cowered |
| we | would have cowered |
| you | would have cowered |
| they | would have cowered |
Imperative
| you | cower |
| we | Let's cower |
| you | cower |
Verbs conjugated like 'cower'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cower'
bower,
cover,
cowen,
dower,
lower,
power,
scower,
tower,
bowe,
bowel,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, probably from M.L.G.
*kuren "lie in wait," or similar Scand. words meaning "to squat" and "to doze." Thus unrelated to
coward.
2. From Middle English couren, cowre, from Middle Low German kûren (“to lie in wait; linger”) or from North Germanic (Icelandic kúra (“to doze”)); according to Pokorny, all are ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to curve, bend”), see also Proto-Germanic *kuddô (“shell, pod”).
3. Cognate with German kauern (“to squat”), Dutch koeren (“to keep watch (in a cowered position)”), Serbo-Croatian kutriti (“to lie in a bent position”), Swedish kura (“huddle, cower”). Unrelated to coward, which is of Latin origin. See: Middle English '
couren', Icelandic '
kúra', German, old spelling '
kauern', Dutch '
koeren', Swedish '
kura'.
Verbs referencing "cower"
Swedish
kura, Esperanto
kaŭri.
Sample Sentences
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The trader cowered at this, and in a somewhat lower tone said that “ it was plaguy hard on a fellow, that had made a fair bargain, to be gulled that way. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] ordered; I saw nothing of that salutary system which had impressed me so favourably elsewhere; and everything had a lounging, listless, madhouse air, which was very painful. The moping idiot, cowering down with long dishevelled hair; the gibbering maniac, with his hideous laugh and pointed finger; the vacant eye, the fierce wild face, the gloomy picking of the hands and lips, and munching of the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Jane hung her head and cowered at this, for she felt as if it was particularly directed to her. Miss Ophelia sat for a moment, as if she had swallowed some explosive mixture, and were ready to burst. Then, recollecting the utter [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)