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1 cower
(to draw back and crouch in fear: He was cowering away from the fierce dog.) encogerse, empequeñecerse, apocarsetr['kaʊəSMALLr/SMALL]cower ['kaʊər] vi: encogerse (de miedo), acobardarsev.• agacharse v.• alebrarse v.• trasconejarse v.'kaʊər, 'kaʊə(r)intransitive verb encogerse* (de miedo)['kaʊǝ(r)]VI encogerse (de miedo)* * *['kaʊər, 'kaʊə(r)]intransitive verb encogerse* (de miedo) -
2 cower
s.encogerse de miedo.v.acobardarse, encogerse de miedo, agazaparse de miedo, encogerse de temor.vi.acoquinarse, amilanarse. (pt & pp cowered) -
3 cringe
krin‹(to shrink back in fear, terror etc: The dog cringed when his cruel master raised his hand to strike him.) encogerse (de miedo)tr[krɪnʤ]2 pejorative (without self-respect) rebajarse (before/to, ante), arrastrarse (before/to, ante)3 (with embarrassment) morirse de vergüenza■ I cringed at the thought of meeting his parents me moría de vergüenza sólo de pensar en conocer a sus padresn.• encogerse s.m.• servilismo s.m.v.• agacharse v.• encoger v.• humillar v.• reptar v.krɪndʒa) (shrink, cower) encogerse*b) ( grovel) arrastrarse[krɪndʒ]VI1) (=shrink back) encogerse (at ante)2) (=fawn) acobardarse, agacharse ( before ante)* * *[krɪndʒ]a) (shrink, cower) encogerse*b) ( grovel) arrastrarse -
4 fearfully
adverb temerosamentetr['fɪəfʊlɪ]1 temerosamentefearfully ['fɪrfəli] adv1) extremely: extremadamente, terriblemente2) timidly: con temor'fɪrfəlɪ, 'fɪəfəliadverb (in, with fear) con temor['fɪǝfǝlɪ]ADV1) (=timidly) [cower etc] con miedo; [say] tímidamente2) † * (=very) terriblemente* * *['fɪrfəlɪ, 'fɪəfəli]adverb (in, with fear) con temor -
5 quail
kweil(to draw back in fear; to shudder: The little boy quailed at the teacher's angry voice.) acobardarse, amedrentarsetr[kweɪl]1 codorniz nombre femenino1 acobardarse, encogersequail ['kweɪl] vi: encogerse, acobardarsen.• codorniz s.f.v.• acoardarse v.• descorazonarse v.
I kweɪlintransitive verb temblar*she quailed at the idea — la idea le daba pavor or la aterrorizaba
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[kweɪl]N (pl quail or quails) (=bird) codorniz f
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[kweɪl]VI (=cower) temblar (at ante)* * *
I [kweɪl]intransitive verb temblar*she quailed at the idea — la idea le daba pavor or la aterrorizaba
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6 encogerse
■encogerse verbo reflexivo (sobre uno mismo) to contract: se encogió de hombros, she shrugged her shoulders
se encogió en la cama para dormir, he curled up to go to sleep ' encogerse' also found in these entries: Spanish: hombro - encoger English: cringe - shrug - cower -
7 miedo
miedo sustantivo masculino fear;◊ ¡qué miedo pasamos! we were so frightened o scared!;temblaba de miedo he was trembling with fear; me da miedo salir de noche I'm afraid to go o of going out at night; miedo A algo/algn fear of sth/sb; el miedo a lo desconocido fear of the unknown; le tiene miedo a su padre he's scared o afraid of his father; miedo a salir a escena stage fright; agarrarle or (esp Esp) cogerle miedo a algo/algn to become frightened o scared of sth/sb; por miedo a for fear of; tener miedo to be afraid o frightened o scared; tiene miedo de caerse he's afraid he might fall; tengo miedo de que se ofenda I'm afraid he will take offense
miedo sustantivo masculino
1 (terror) fear, fright: me da miedo la oscuridad, I'm scared of the dark
la película me metió miedo, the film frightened me
temblaba de miedo, he was trembling with fear
¡mamá, tengo miedo!, mummy, I'm scared! ➣ Ver nota en fear
2 (recelo, preocupación) concern: tiene miedo de suspender, he's worried that he will fail
tengo miedo por ti, I'm worried about you ➣ Ver nota en afraid
Locuciones: familiar de miedo: el agua está de miedo, the water is great ' miedo' also found in these entries: Spanish: cagarse - canillera - cundir - escénica - escénico - experimentar - gritar - inocuidad - meter - mucha - mucho - muerta - muerto - osada - osado - película - temer - temblar - temblor - temblorosa - tembloroso - tenebrosa - tenebroso - terrorífica - terrorífico - alarido - aprensión - campante - chillar - chillido - comunicar - contagiar - de - encoger - espanto - estremecer - estremecimiento - horror - infundir - invencible - morir - pasar - quitar - sostener - terror - vencer English: afraid - apprehension - be - bully - curdle - dark - death - dignity - eerie - evaporate - fear - fearfully - fearlessly - free - fright - frightened - lest - monster - numb - overcome - recoil - register - scandal - scare - scary - seize - sense - shiver - shock - sick - spasm - stage fright - stiff - strike - bear - betray - cower - petrified - scared - shake - stage - still - with -
8 cowering
adj.abyecto.s.acoquinamiento.ger.gerundio del verbo: COWER -
9 cringe
adj.1 encogerse (shrink, cower).2 arrastrarse (grovel).s.bajezv.1 encogerse de miedo, encogerse de temor, sentir un sobresalto.2 actuar servilmente.vi.1 encogerse (show fear)2 tener vergüenza ajena, abochornarse (be embarrassed) (pt & pp cringed)
См. также в других словарях:
Cower — Cow er (kou [ e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cowered} (kou [ e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cowering}.] [Cf. Icel. kera to doze, liequiet, Sw. kura, Dan. kure, G. kauern to cower, W. cwrian.] To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cower — Cow er (kou [ e]r), v. t. To cherish with care. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cower — index fear Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
cower — c.1300, probably from M.L.G. *kuren lie in wait (Ger. kauern), or similar Scandinavian words meaning to squat and to doze (Cf. O.N. kura, Dan., Norw. kure, Swed. kura). Thus unrelated to coward. Related: Cowered; cowering … Etymology dictionary
cower — cringe, truckle, *fawn, toady Analogous words: shrink, quail, flinch, blench, wince, *recoil Contrasted words: cow, bully, bulldoze, browbeat, *intimidate: *strut, swagger, bristle … New Dictionary of Synonyms
cower — [v] hide, hover in fear apple polish*, blench, bootlick*, brownnose*, cringe, crouch, draw back, fawn, flinch, grovel, honey*, kowtow*, quail*, recoil, shrink, skulk, sneak, toady*, tremble, truckle, wince; concepts 188,384 Ant. come out … New thesaurus
cower — ► VERB ▪ crouch down or shrink back in fear. ORIGIN Low German k ren lie in wait … English terms dictionary
cower — [kou′ər] vi. [ME couren, prob. < ON base seen in Dan kūre, Sw kura, to squat; akin to Ger kauern < IE base * geu , to curve, bend > COD2, CHICKEN] 1. to crouch or huddle up, as from fear or cold 2. to shrink and tremble, as from someone… … English World dictionary
cower — UK [ˈkaʊə(r)] / US [ˈkaʊr] verb [intransitive] Word forms cower : present tense I/you/we/they cower he/she/it cowers present participle cowering past tense cowered past participle cowered to move your body down and away from someone or something… … English dictionary
cower — verb To crouch or cringe in fear. Hed be useless in war. Hed just cower in his bunker until the enemy came in and shot him, or until the war was over … Wiktionary
cower — cow|er [ˈkauə US ər] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Middle Low German; Origin: kuren [i] to lie hidden ] to bend low and move back because you are frightened cower back/against/under etc ▪ He cowered against the wall … Dictionary of contemporary English
