Synonyms for cow
kaʊcow

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1. cow

   One is frightened by a cause of fear addressed directly and suddenly to the senses; he is intimidated by an apprehension of contingent consequences dependent on some act of his own to be done or forborne; the means of intimidation may act through the senses, or may appeal only to the intellect or the sensibilities. The sudden rush of an armed madman may frighten; the quiet leveling of a highwayman's pistol intimidates. A savage beast is intimidated by the keeper's whip. Employers may intimidate their employees from voting contrary to their will by threat of discharge; a mother may be intimidated through fear for her child. To browbeat or cow is to bring into a state of submissive fear; to daunt is to give pause or check to a violent, threatening, or even a brave spirit. To scare is to cause sudden, unnerving fear; to terrify is to awaken fear that is overwhelming. Compare ALARM.

   Synonyms:
   affright, alarm, appal, browbeat, daunt, dismay, frighten, intimidate, scare, terrify

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1. cowverb

   Synonyms:
   frighten, abash, intimidate, oppress, brow-bent

   Antonyms:
   countenance, rally, encourage, inspirit

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. cow, moo-cownoun

   female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"

   Synonyms:
   moo-cow

2. cownoun

   mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'

   Synonyms:
   moo-cow

3. cowverb

   a large unpleasant woman

   Synonyms:
   moo-cow

4. overawe, cowverb

   subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)

   Synonyms:
   overawe

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1. • Placental Mammal

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1. poddiesnoun

   a calf, in particular one which is fed by hand

   Submitted by aayanabrooklyn on July 29, 2021  

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1. cowverb

   Synonyms:
   overawe, intimidate, frighten, daunt, subdue by fear

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1. cownoun

   Synonyms:
   female of bovine animals, heifer (young cow), maverick

   Associated words:
   bovine, bos, moo, low, lowing, farrow, beef, neat, moolley, vachery, chiche-vache, milch

2. cowverb

   Synonyms:
   overawe, daunt, intimidate, scare, dishearten

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1. List of paraphrases for "cow":

   vaca, cows, ngau, frenzy, googlie, kow, niu, madness, blimp, lard-ass, stinker, mad, bitchy, fat-ass

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1. Amesh Adalja:

   A lot of that material from the birth or the spontaneous abortion or miscarriage of the livestock can transmit it. The main way that people get it is because they inhale material from the birthing of a livestock animal, that’s why you have to take certain precautions when you are working with a cow in the birthing process to make sure that you don’t inhale the material from the birth that may contain the Q fever bacteria.

2. Jennifer Lawrence and James McAvoy:

   Maybe when people get really tired of superhero movies, they'll do it as one last ditch desperate attempt to kind of milk the cow dry, i think there are so many characters in the X-Men universe that we could go and explore before we have to go and mash up with those guys.

3. Chief Executive Officer Paul Pittman:

   You look at the taxes and you think, 'Holy cow, we can't buy that farm', we would be doing more deals in Nebraska if the property taxes weren't so high and unpredictable.

4. Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy:

   Chuck (Schumer) just moo’s and follows (Nancy) Pelosi into the cow chute.

5. George Carter:

   I turn around and I see my son tangled up in a lead rope and a cow running down the drive way, at that point, he had already been stomped on.