How Do You Spell COWERING?

Pronunciation: [kˈa͡ʊəɹɪŋ] (IPA)

The word "cowering" is spelled with the letter combination "ow" which is pronounced as /aʊ/. The IPA phonetic transcription of the word provides a clearer understanding of how to pronounce it. It means to crouch down in fear of something or bend your head down and draw your body up because you are frightened or feeling guilty. The correct spelling ensures that the meaning of the word is properly conveyed without any confusion.

COWERING Meaning and Definition

1. Cowering is a verb that refers to the behavior of crouching or cringing in fear, subservience, or timidity. When someone cowers, they physically shrink or bend over in an attempt to protect themselves or hide from something they perceive as threatening or intimidating.

   This verb often indicates a state of extreme fear or terror, where an individual instinctively tries to make themselves appear smaller or less noticeable. It is an involuntary reaction linked to a strong sense of vulnerability or the anticipation of harm. Those who are cowering might hunch their shoulders, lower their head, or shrink back in an attempt to make themselves less visible or present a smaller target.

   Cowering can be observed in various contexts, such as during a violent confrontation, when subjected to intimidation or abuse, or even in response to a harsh and oppressive authority figure. It is a common reaction among individuals who feel powerless or defenseless in the face of perceived danger.

   The word "cowering" often implies a sense of psychological or emotional distress, suggesting that the individual is mentally and physically rattled, overwhelmed by fear. It typically describes a submissive posture associated with surrendering power or control to another party. In literature and descriptions of character behavior, cowering can convey weakness, vulnerability, or a lack of self-assurance.

Top Common Misspellings for COWERING *

• cowarding 100%

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Other Common Misspellings for COWERING

• coverung
• coparing
• gtowering
• coering
• cocering
• comaring
• lowerin
• cvering
• coverig
• carering
• coevering
• cordering
• howering
• coverring
• covereing
• colering
• scowering
• lowiering
• cavering
• ctering
• swering
• cowerding
• lowereing
• clering
• claering
• conering
• couring
• viwering
• cowaring
• coreing
• coverin
• pwering
• coulering
• coviring
• voering
• colebrina
• coawering
• coweing
• sowering
• couering
• Copermign
• Colerin
• cawering
• caowering
• yowening
• dcotering
• Coueying

Etymology of COWERING

The word "cowering" is derived from the Middle English term "cooure" or "couren", which came from the Old English word "curon". This Old English word was related to the Old Norse "kúra", meaning "to cower" or "to submit". Ultimately, the origins of "cowering" can be traced back to the Proto-Germanic word "kūron", which was used in the context of crouching or stooping down low.

Similar spelling words for COWERING

• Carnic,
• lowering,
• grungy,
• goring-on-thames,
• in-curring,
• Cotton-growing,
• crying,
• quarrying,
• chorionic,
• kernewek,
• towering,
• CRONIC,
• GRENEWECA,
• wine-growing,
• curing,
• strong-growing,
• goring,
• Goranka,
• thick-growing,
• cronica,
• key ring,
• CRNC,
• Corn-growing,
• krank,
• cargo-carrying,
• un-caring,
• gornyak,
• growing-up,
• flat-growing,
• garing,
• z-crank,
• coorong,
• slower-growing,
• guernica,
• hand-crank,
• gronke,
• qur'anic,
• krong,
• garnacha,
• cryonic,
• kerrang,
• cornuke,
• garinagu,
• slow-growing,
• carring,
• granic,
• Crannog,
• quick-growing,
• water-growing,
• fruit-growing,
• Garnock,
• crank,
• gyring,
• krung,
• karonga,
• kornegay,
• re-curring,
• fast-growing,
• grong,
• kronach,
• pro-curing,
• korenica,
• carnacki,
• Querying,
• cranach,
• grinko,
• Showering,
• cornog,
• greying,
• current-carrying,
• gurung,
• karangwa,
• carrying-out,
• kering,
• KRNC,
• gring,
• ever-growing,
• greinke,
• cryinga,
• Chronique,
• krueng,
• kerrang!,
• krunic,
• keraunic,
• food-carrying,
• gronk,
• disease-carrying,
• grunig,
• goreng,
• tall-growing,
• gerong,
• chronica,
• goering,
• catering,
• oxygen-carrying,
• gringa,
• flower-growing,
• karnack,
• queering,
• greenock,
• krenek,
• guorong,
• tobacco-growing,
• karenga,
• Karnik,
• kurung,
• Carrying,
• karanga,
• krajnc,
• kranky,
• chronik,
• coloring,
• gornick,
• kreanga,
• Crunk,
• carnac,
• quarenghi,
• kerong,
• still-growing,
• Choring,
• chronic,
• kornak,
• troop-carrying,
• Coranach,
• Curing-house,
• coronach,
• quiraing,
• cringy,
• keyring,
• faster-growing,
• CRWNQ,
• cronaca,
• cronk,
• cranky,
• fastest-growing,
• de-crying,
• load-carrying,
• crowing,
• covering,
• hand-carrying,
• rapidly-growing,
• gringo,
• koranic,
• kiriyenko,
• krynki,
• Kreng,
• gerenuk,
• gering,
• dry-curing,
• karankawa,
• Capering,
• wool-growing,
• Currying,
• creanga,
• granick,
• over-growing,
• kroenke,
• out-crying,
• Krang,
• kronk,
• card-carrying,
• Crang,
• carrying-on,
• Cock-crowing,
• karawang,
• carannog,
• growing,
• coffee-growing,
• kohring,
• passenger-carrying,
• rice-growing,
• granik,
• vine-growing,
• karenic,
• quranic,
• greenough,
• graying,
• caring,
• Coring,
• Karnak,
• garang,
• gerring,
• karang,
• cranko,
• CRNHC,
• in-quiring,
• carnock,
• KROONK,
• crewneck,
• cornick,
• kraang,
• crewing,
• kayiranga,
• kiryienka,
• growing-pains,
• powering,
• kroeung,
• grape-growing,
• corryong,
• GRNG,
• Cornic,
• Kirunga,
• carrying-off,
• currawong,
• kronik,
• high-growing,
• goehring,
• gernika,
• re-quiring,
• carrying-outs,
• low-growing,
• coca-growing,
• rivett-carnac,
• koronka,
• koreng,
• mis-carrying.

Conjugate verb Cowering

CONDITIONAL

I would cower

we would cower

you would cower

he/she/it would cower

they would cower

FUTURE

I will cower

we will cower

you will cower

he/she/it will cower

they will cower

FUTURE PERFECT

I will have cowered

we will have cowered

you will have cowered

he/she/it will have cowered

they will have cowered

PAST

I cowered

we cowered

you cowered

he/she/it cowered

they cowered

PAST PERFECT

I had cowered

we had cowered

you had cowered

he/she/it had cowered

they had cowered

PRESENT

I cower

we cower

you cower

he/she/it cowers

they cower

PRESENT PERFECT

I have cowered

we have cowered

you have cowered

he/she/it has cowered

they have cowered

I am cowering

we are cowering

you are cowering

he/she/it is cowering

they are cowering

I was cowering

we were cowering

you were cowering

he/she/it was cowering

they were cowering

I will be cowering

we will be cowering

you will be cowering

he/she/it will be cowering

they will be cowering

I have been cowering

we have been cowering

you have been cowering

he/she/it has been cowering

they have been cowering

I had been cowering

we had been cowering

you had been cowering

he/she/it had been cowering

they had been cowering

I will have been cowering

we will have been cowering

you will have been cowering

he/she/it will have been cowering

they will have been cowering

I would have cowered

we would have cowered

you would have cowered

he/she/it would have cowered

they would have cowered

I would be cowering

we would be cowering

you would be cowering

he/she/it would be cowering

they would be cowering

I would have been cowering

we would have been cowering

you would have been cowering

he/she/it would have been cowering

they would have been cowering