uncowed

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adjective

Not browbeaten or frightened into submission or compliance.

OriginEnglish cowed ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveuncowed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot browbeaten or frightened into submission or compliance.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishcowed
  9. Englishuncowed

From un- + cowed.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with uncowed

allowedproudcrowdcloudloudaloudendowedMcleodstroudbowedvowedshrouddowddisallowedavowedploughedrowedwowedcowedboudunbowedunallowedbecloudenshroud
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Cite this entry
APA

uncowed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncowed

MLA

“uncowed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncowed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncowed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncowed.

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