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cowering

  • 1 acoquinamiento

    • cowering
    • intimidation

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > acoquinamiento

  • 2 encogerse de miedo

    (v.) = cower
    Ex. The stereotype of a librarian i a 'fussy old woman of either sex, myopic and repressed, brandishing or perhaps cowering behind a date-stamp and surrounded by an array of notices which forbid virtually every human activity'.
    * * *
    (v.) = cower

    Ex: The stereotype of a librarian i a 'fussy old woman of either sex, myopic and repressed, brandishing or perhaps cowering behind a date-stamp and surrounded by an array of notices which forbid virtually every human activity'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > encogerse de miedo

  • 3 esconderse de miedo

    (v.) = cower
    Ex. The stereotype of a librarian i a 'fussy old woman of either sex, myopic and repressed, brandishing or perhaps cowering behind a date-stamp and surrounded by an array of notices which forbid virtually every human activity'.
    * * *
    (v.) = cower

    Ex: The stereotype of a librarian i a 'fussy old woman of either sex, myopic and repressed, brandishing or perhaps cowering behind a date-stamp and surrounded by an array of notices which forbid virtually every human activity'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > esconderse de miedo

  • 4 reprimido

    adj.
    pent-up, repressed.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: reprimir.
    * * *
    1→ link=reprimir reprimir
    1 repressed
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 repressed person
    * * *
    reprimido, -a
    1.
    2.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo repressed
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = pent-up, constrained, repressed, bottled-up.
    Ex. They both exploded into laughter, thereby releasing the pent-up tension.
    Ex. This game was developed in order to facilitate the therapeutic process for those children who are `inhibited, constrained or resistive'.
    Ex. The stereotype of a librarian i a 'fussy old woman of either sex, myopic and repressed, brandishing or perhaps cowering behind a date-stamp and surrounded by an array of notices which forbid virtually every human activity'.
    Ex. The aim of therapy is the gentle release of bottled-up feelings.
    ----
    * reprimido sexualmente = sexually repressed.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo repressed
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = pent-up, constrained, repressed, bottled-up.

    Ex: They both exploded into laughter, thereby releasing the pent-up tension.

    Ex: This game was developed in order to facilitate the therapeutic process for those children who are `inhibited, constrained or resistive'.
    Ex: The stereotype of a librarian i a 'fussy old woman of either sex, myopic and repressed, brandishing or perhaps cowering behind a date-stamp and surrounded by an array of notices which forbid virtually every human activity'.
    Ex: The aim of therapy is the gentle release of bottled-up feelings.
    * reprimido sexualmente = sexually repressed.

    * * *
    reprimido1 -da
    repressed
    reprimido2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    es un reprimido he's repressed
    * * *

    Del verbo reprimir: ( conjugate reprimir)

    reprimido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    reprimido    
    reprimir
    reprimido
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    repressed
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino: es un reprimido he's repressed
    reprimir ( conjugate reprimir) verbo transitivo

    b)risa/llanto/bostezo to suppress, stifle

    c) (Psic) to repress

    reprimirse verbo pronominal ( refl) to control oneself
    reprimido,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino repressed
    reprimir verbo transitivo
    1 (un impulso) to suppress: reprimió un bostezo, she stifled a yawn
    2 (un sentimiento) to repress: no pudo reprimir su desilusión, he couldn't choke back his disappointment
    3 (una rebelión, protesta) to put down, suppress
    ' reprimido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    reprimida
    English:
    pent-up
    - repressed
    * * *
    reprimido, -a
    adj
    repressed
    nm,f
    repressed person;
    ser un reprimido to be repressed

    Spanish-English dictionary > reprimido

  • 5 abyecto

    adj.
    1 vile, base, perverse, despicable.
    2 abjected, abject, cowering, groveling.
    * * *
    1 abject, wretched
    * * *
    ADJ wretched, abject
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo <persona/conducta> contemptible, despicable
    * * *
    = abject, abjected.
    Ex. Her art works incorporate such abject materials as dirt, hair, excrement, dead animals, menstrual blood and rotting food in order to confront taboo issues of gender and sexuality.
    Ex. In this study of sapphism in the British novel, Moore often directs our attention to the periphery of sapphic romances, when an abjected body suffers on behalf of the stainless heroine.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo <persona/conducta> contemptible, despicable
    * * *
    = abject, abjected.

    Ex: Her art works incorporate such abject materials as dirt, hair, excrement, dead animals, menstrual blood and rotting food in order to confront taboo issues of gender and sexuality.

    Ex: In this study of sapphism in the British novel, Moore often directs our attention to the periphery of sapphic romances, when an abjected body suffers on behalf of the stainless heroine.

    * * *
    abyecto -ta
    ‹persona/conducta› contemptible, despicable
    un crimen abyecto a heinous crime
    * * *

    abyecto,-a adjetivo abject: cometió crímenes abyectos, he committed heinous crimes
    ' abyecto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abyecta
    English:
    abject
    - base
    - heinous
    * * *
    abyecto, -a adj
    Formal [despreciable] vile;
    un crimen abyecto a heinous crime
    * * *
    adj despicable
    * * *
    abyecto, -ta adj
    : despicable, contemptible

    Spanish-English dictionary > abyecto

  • 6 acuclillado

    adj.
    cowering, squatting (fr. Cuclillas).
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: acuclillarse.

    Spanish-English dictionary > acuclillado

См. также в других словарях:

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  • cowering — index recreant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • cowering — adjective Thesaurus: specific body positionshyponym afraid and frightenedsynonym Main entry: cower …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cowering — 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cowering — cow·er || kaÊŠÉ™ v. cringe, shrink, tremble, grovel …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cowering — See: cower …   English dictionary

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  • 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

  • Cowered — 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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

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